http://www.nvidia.com/object/GeForce_3D_Vision_Main.html

Can this be used with the current version of iClone? If not, how about it for the next version, particularly if the 3D film format can be supported. For those on a budget how about an option for anaglyph output for use with coloured glasses?

"Just slip on the stylish glasses and pair them with an NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU and a "GeForce 3D Vision-Ready" display to experience characters and environments come to life on the screen."

Without testing it would be difficult to say what the results with iClone would be like but it is certainly something worth looking into.

Thanks for sharing the find. 3D fans wil love this.

 

Peter Edwards
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The exact process is not too complex, here is what I did:

1. Create an empty scene

2. Add a box primitive and reset the position

3. Add a sphere primitve and reset the position

4. Move the sphere by setting the Y position vector to 100.

5. Link the sphere to the box

6. Create a camera and attach it to the box. Reset the camera position then adjust the X vector to -1. Set it to look at the sphere. This is your left camera

7. Create another camera an attach it to the box. Reset the camera position then adjust the X vector to +1. Set it to look at the sphere. This is your right camera.

8. Make the box and the sphere invisible

9. Create you scene and move the box to move the cameras. I used the preview camera to create the scene and only moved the box-camera when I wanted to make the walk-through.

In step 4 the distance is important. A value of 100 places the sphere just past the screen surface. So most of the scene is behind the screen and only a little in front. This is important as the illusion of 3D is lost as objects move to the left and right edge of the screen, particularly if the need to appear in front of the screen. Set the value to 1000 and nearly everything will appear in front of the screen. This is a matter of choice and dependent on the action you want to show.

Mike

Geoff.

There is also the further possibility of producing 3d video using the Pulfrich effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulfrich_effect

It does involve having a constantly moving scene and the use of glasses to darken the image to one eye. The advantage is that a normal 2d representation is seen without the specs. I remember the BBC used this technique on national tv some years ago for a special edition of Dr.Who in 3d. I also have a commercially produced vhs nature video about insects and spiders which uses this effect to create 3d TV. (The camera circles around the creatures to create the continuous motion required).

The information for the effect to work may be present in many moving images where the camera is tracking. Knock one of the lenses out of an old pair of sunglasses and watch a football match on TV. It's possible that when the camera movement is “compatible” the scene will “magically” appear in 3d.

In my experience, the best example I have seen of this accidental 3d is in one of the Frank Sinatra “Man and his Music” DVD`s. In one particular sequence Sinatra sings from a central dais surrounded by the Nelson Riddle orchestra. There is one long continuous moving “crane” shot around him which reproduces this scene from a 1960`s TV show in unintentional but stunning full colour 3d.

So it`s quite possible that someone already has an iclone scene which will reproduce in 3d using this technique.

Geoff.