Basic 3D Concepts

3D 101 — Primers about 3D

- History of 3D (illustrated timeline)

- EBU 3D Briefing Document for Senior Broadcast Management (Dec., 2010; a good 3D primer)

- 3D University by the 3D@Home Consortium

- CEA (Consumer Electronics Assoc.) 3D TV Digital Tips

- A Beginners Guide to 3D TV (The Guardian, UK)

- Stephen Fry explains 3D TV (video from BSkyB UK)

- How to go 3D at home (9/30/10)

- Retailers:

- Crutchfield:

- Glossary of Video & Perceptual Quality of Stereoscopic Video, prepared by the MPEG Industry Forum 3DTV Working Group and the 3D@Home Consortium

- Video Series: Sony Professional 3D training

- Explore3DTV.com

- Intro to shooting 3D

- 3D Production and Post, a basic-concepts whitepaper by Barry Clark

- Over-The-Air Broadcast basic concepts whitepaper by Broadcast Australia

- ITU 3D Television (Active Shutter) one page handout

- 18 Questions Every Sales Associate Should Be Able To Answer About 3D

- Autostereo (glasses-free) display primer

- 3DTV FAQ, including explanations of formats (frame-compatible, MVC) and related technical points

Upcoming Industry Events

The SMPTE Forum on Emerging Media Technologies

13-15 May, 2012 - InterContinental Hotel - Geneva, Switzerland

By the end of 2011, the digital universe is forecast to be 10 times greater than it was in 2006 – a growth curve driven by digital TV, increased Internet access in emerging countries, and an unprecedented increase of nearly 50%1 in mobile media use – not to mention social networks and cloud computing datacenters. Yet as you focus on the near-term growth initiatives and technology platforms for your enterprise, it’s critical to have a nuanced, well-informed, and advanced look at the game-changing technologies of the longer-term future – a view informed by science and free of commercial agendas.

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