Hardrock69
08-04-2005, 04:59 PM
2-page report here:
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68406,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
"The day's biggest jaw-dropper was a session on stereoscopic 3-D, which explored production and display techniques for digital movies that seem to pop off the screen.
The prototype glasses will initially cost theaters about $25 to $30 per pair, and can be cleaned in a dishwasher, according to In-Three CEO Michael Kaye, who also demonstrated his company's technique for converting non-3-D movies into 3-D. The process, dubbed "dimensionalizing," involves projecting the original movie content for the left eye, then digitally modifying the original to the perspective of the right eye.
The cost of converting a film to 3-D varies, but the conversion price tag for a possible stereoscopic re-release of Randal Kleiser's '70s blockbuster Grease was estimated at around $8 million.
The 3-D display elicited a sustained chorus of dazzled "wows" and "oh my gods" from attendees.
While they seemed unanimously enthused, some attendees voiced concern over the possibility that some non-3-D films could later be "dimensionalized" against a filmmaker's wishes if a studio sees profit potential in a stereoscopic re-release, much as old black-and-white movies are colorized."
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68406,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
"The day's biggest jaw-dropper was a session on stereoscopic 3-D, which explored production and display techniques for digital movies that seem to pop off the screen.
The prototype glasses will initially cost theaters about $25 to $30 per pair, and can be cleaned in a dishwasher, according to In-Three CEO Michael Kaye, who also demonstrated his company's technique for converting non-3-D movies into 3-D. The process, dubbed "dimensionalizing," involves projecting the original movie content for the left eye, then digitally modifying the original to the perspective of the right eye.
The cost of converting a film to 3-D varies, but the conversion price tag for a possible stereoscopic re-release of Randal Kleiser's '70s blockbuster Grease was estimated at around $8 million.
The 3-D display elicited a sustained chorus of dazzled "wows" and "oh my gods" from attendees.
While they seemed unanimously enthused, some attendees voiced concern over the possibility that some non-3-D films could later be "dimensionalized" against a filmmaker's wishes if a studio sees profit potential in a stereoscopic re-release, much as old black-and-white movies are colorized."