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IBC 2010: Here Comes 3DTV

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3D电视在美国进行了不同程度的试验, 从特纳广播公司(Turner Broadcasting)为纳斯卡(NASCAR)比赛和重要的美巡赛(PGA Tour)赛事提供3D电视转播,到3ality为NEP广播公司(NEP Broadcasting)制作首个以立体3D方式播出的NFL比赛提供设备。, 是9月2日在三州地区的Verizon FiOS电视上播出的吗.

On the other side of the pond, 3D sports have entered the mainstream, with Sky Sports launching an entire channel for 3D sports.

The issues facing 3D delivery, however, 比交付3D内容所面临的财务和技术问题更重要吗, 尽管3D内容的编码和传输对StreamingMedia很有兴趣.作为S3D内容的com阅读器现在通常在用于流传输的相同编码器上进行编码, opening the possibility for streaming 3D content.

At its most basic, 3D redefines the way that animations are created, CGI如何与先前拍摄的3D序列集成,以及如何将相机放置在最大的3D空间深度,而不会使观众脱离动作或场景.

Oh, 所有这些都需要在不“破坏预算”或破坏创建内容所需的时间框架的情况下完成.

At IBC 2010, 许多公司将为价值链的各个小环节提供自己的产品.

At the point of highest impact, the production shoot, 巴塞罗那的S3D技术公司将展示两种工具,帮助摄影师和摄影导演做出实时决策.

S3D has a software tool that may seem obvious, but is crucial for rapid decision making: a 3D calculator.

“在3D拍摄过程中,需要记住一些立体参数," a company spokesman said, "such as the focal length of the lens, the size of the photosensitive device, 两个图像的零视差点和场景的最大正视差."

"In addition, 电影摄影师还需要记住物体出屏幕的距离(负视差)。, 屏幕的大小以及屏幕与观看者之间的距离," the spokesperson said.

With all these factors to worry about, 包括感光装置的组成——无论是胶片, CCD或cmos -该公司提供其S3D计算器来计算轴间和收敛设置.

计算器与立体3D钻机的电子设备携手工作, 例如该公司的S3D BS钻机和配套的分束器. 这些硬件设备允许将35mm高清摄像机甚至Super35摄像机安装在镜盒后面,镜盒将信号光学拆分,以便在两个平行的光敏设备上捕获.

计算器在拍摄过程中提供元数据,这是将实景3D镜头整合到CGI软件包(如Maya或3DStudioMax)中的关键.

为了更好地可视化场景的三维集成CGI序列, companies like PhaseSpace will showcase virtual 3D cameras.

PhaseSpace, 在我二月参加的惠普全球工作站大会和最近的SIGGRAPH 2010大会上展示了它的技术, uses active LEDs and infrared lights attached to actors, 允许对HP Z800工作站进行实时动作捕捉.

12核威斯特米尔Z800马力的单位有足够的开销, besides capturing motion data, the Z800s can also output a rudimentary 3D environment, 将其实时叠加在演员的动作捕捉信息上, 这种视觉效果只有在《百家乐软件》这样的高预算作品中才能看到, which pioneered the virtual camera concept.

“动作捕捉的生产成本下降到每秒10美元左右, from several thousand dollars per commercial second, using two Z800 workstations," CEO Tracy McSheery said at the HP event, 作为与罗利工作室最佳实践实验室联合演讲的一部分.

In the end, all the calculators, 分束器和虚拟摄像机只有在传输介质中才有用. Many companies will be showcasing non-real-time encoding, 还有一小部分将展示立体3D的运行时编码. More on those announcements as they are publicly announced.

进一步尝试了解生产和商业模式面临的挑战,以实现成本效益的3D交付, an invitation-only session will be hosted by Interxion, iStreamPlanet, Microsoft, and a few other key partners.

The session, which I'll be moderating, 会看到3D交付面临的好处和挑战吗, not only for traditional broadcast, but also for streaming delivery.

As with large-scale events such as the Olympics, 各种国外广播和几个NBC业务单位共享一个统一的IP高清传输流的成本, 为传统和在线广播提供单一的S3D馈送似乎有机会节省成本.

选择Interxion作为本次活动的主办合作伙伴也是一个战略举措, 这家总部位于阿姆斯特丹的数据中心提供商预计将于2010年底在纳斯达克进行首次公开募股. Interxion在欧洲11个国家的13个城市运营着26个运营商中立的数据中心.

IBC的展厅将于2010年9月10日至14日在阿姆斯特丹RAI会议中心开放.

[编者注:Adrian Pennington还为StreamingMediaGlobal预览了IBC.com; click here for his take.]

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