Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Some results

The wikipedia site being much more helpful the TI's advertising page (in some ways).
DLP refers to how the projector puts out the image. This works for both 2d and 3d images.
The Wiki mentions that DLP is used for the RealD cinema tech, which is the single projector stuff we want. (Wiki article on RealD)

From the RealD wiki article: "RealD uses circularly polarized light to produce stereoscopic images. Hence the performance is better than with linearly polarizing systems which suffer from visible double imaging if the head is tilted to the side.[1]

The projector alternately projects the right-eye frame and left-eye frame 144 times per second, and circularly polarizes these frames, clockwise for the right eye and counterclockwise for the left eye. A push-pull electro-optical modulator called a ZScreen is placed immediately in front of the projector lens to switch polarization. The audience wears recyclable circularlypolarized glasses to make sure each eye sees only "its own" picture, even if the head is tilted. In RealD Cinema, each frame is projected three times to reduce flicker, a system called triple flash. The source video is usually only (2x)24 frames per second (which can result in a subtle ghosting and stuttering on horizontal camera movements). A silver screen is used to keep the light polarized and to reflect back as much light as possible to counter polarization losses. The result is a 3D picture that seems to extend behind and in front of the screen itself.[2]"

(bold added for emphasis)


So instead of active glasses they have the widget infront of the screen. Hope it doesn't cost too much.

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