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[Charles123]

i'd Journey to The Center of The Earth redone in Real3D so I can watch it on my 3D TV when I get one. I'll be happy when Star Wars A New Hope comes Out in 3D. That final scene when the Death Star explodes will be Fantastic.

[bikdav]

I'm very interested. But, it was stated that 3D glasses are needed to view 3D video. Can we use the passive "polarized" or color lens glasses to do this? Or do we have to buy the "active" glasses that Blu-ray 3D requires?

[oggologgo]

Retarded. You can't convert 2D to 3D.

I've seen the results, and it's [censored], as expected.

You would need some real smart software, to figure out the depths in the video, and then use it to give a somewhat depth experience, but they haven't managed that.

[AveryKucan]

oggologgo, on 26 May 2012 - 10:33 AM, said:

Retarded. You can't convert 2D to 3D.

I've seen the results, and it's [censored], as expected.

You would need some real smart software, to figure out the depths in the video, and then use it to give a somewhat depth experience, but they haven't managed that.

It doesn't work if you have a stationary camera rotating around. It only works with a moving camera that is panning, or a lot of motion. If you move a camera to the left, you will have one frame witht he left lens and the other with right, just like a real 3d camera. Now about everything that moved?

YouTube takes every like 10 frames, and looks at the difference. Once it sees what is the background and foreground, it can "mask" (If you know what that is) the foreground over the background. It is like taking a panorama of the background as a video, then masking the foreground over it. It can also see the contrast of a person turning their head, or spinning, it will see each point and how it moves.

It is a smart piece of software, in development for more than 3 years.

Oh, and let me add that it doesn't work on every video. If it is on a video like a head cam for bike riding, it will work great. That is where the camera is moving a lot. If it is on a tripod and a person is running around or doing a magic trick, no matter how much things move, the camera is not moving, and it will not work.

This post has been edited by AveryKucan: 20 July 2012 - 02:56 PM

[AveryKucan]

bikdav, on 22 September 2011 - 04:40 PM, said:

I'm very interested. But, it was stated that 3D glasses are needed to view 3D video. Can we use the passive "polarized" or color lens glasses to do this? Or do we have to buy the "active" glasses that Blu-ray 3D requires?

It only works with red/green or red/cyan glasses. You could opt for the cross eyed mode, which doesn't distort colors, and looks REALLY crystal clear.