Talking More 2D to 3D Conversion with Barry Sandrew from Legend3D

I’m talking again with Barry Sandrew who is the Founder of Legend3D, one of the top companies specialized in 2D to 3D conversion about some interesting recent conversion work that the company has done. Barry Sandrew is one of the still not so many real expert in the field of 2D to 3D conversion of videos. We talk about the recently completed conversion of the movies Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third for DreamWorks Animation by Legend 3D, what is happening on the 2D to 3D conversion

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Blu-ray Disc Association: Other Formats Green With Envy

According to the facts and figures shared by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) at a private meeting with the Big Picture Big Sound staff at the Consumer Electronics Show, the format continues to enjoy remarkable growth, even amid the extended economic downturn. What's more, the 3D segment of the home entertainment realm has surprised many skeptics with its robust sales. We furiously jotted down the sundry stats, which were compiled by respected industry research sources.
Among the

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Review of the 23″ Planar SA2311W 3D Vision-ready LCD Monitor

The 23-inch Planar SA2311W 3D Vision-ready LCD monitor is one of the newer 3D display solutions designed to work with Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology that just became available on the market and I already had the chance to get one of the first units available in Europe to test. When Planar, a company that is specialized in high-end professional stereoscopic 3D displays announced that monitor I was quite eager to test it and I was already set with high expectations for the performance it

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Friday Night Tights Animated Stereoscopic 3D Short Movie

Friday Night Tights is a short animated movie in stereo 3D made by Joonki Park. The video shows two friends arguing what to do the night and has a funny twist. The quality if very good and the graphics is nice, the only thing is the eyes of the characters are a bit messed up, so don’t take too much attention on that fact. The video is in Side by Side format, 1080p half horizontal resolution (squashed), so you should select 16:9 aspect ratio when opening it. The video is also available on

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Sherwood Shows Off RD-606i and RD-6506 3D-Ready Receivers

This week's Consumer Electronics Show has been busting with 3D-compatible products. Sherwood isn't going to be left out of the fray, announcing two new 3D-ready receivers, which will start shipping this April.
Both the RD-606i and the RD-6506 come packing three HDMI 1.4a ports and one output, meaning either one can be integrated into a home 3D setup. Delivering 100 watts to each of five channels, both also include Audio Return Channel, two composite video inputs and two outputs, six

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3DeeCentral 3D Photo and Video Library by SpatialView Now Available

SpatialView has launched their 3DeeCentral library of free and paid stereoscopic 3D content for 3D PC, mobile and internet connected devices. The content they offer is in the form of 3D photos and 3D videos and it should include the following genres: adventure, animation, music videos, nature, travel, sports and science fiction, although at the moment it is still quite limited and does not cover all of these. 3DeeCentral is accessible either trough a 3DeeCentral application for iPhone/iPod,

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JVC is Also Announcing a Full HD 3D Consumer Camcorder at CES

For CES JVC is also joining with a consumer camcorder to offer 3D recording in Full HD, thanks to a new JVC-developed high-speed processor that can produce two simultaneous Full HD images. The new JVC GS-TD1 3D camcorder uses two camera lenses and two 3.32 megapixel CMOS sensors – one for each lens – to capture three-dimensional images and the high-speed imaging engine simultaneously processes the two Full HD images – left and right at 1920x1080i resolution each. JVC’s new

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