3D brings new perspectives to digital signage and other public displays that don’t use 3D glasses. Format conversion from stereo to glasses-free 3D display specific multiview formats is a necessary postproduction step to bring existing S3D content into public areas where 3D glasses can’t be used. 3D conversion creates the required number of extra views needed to generate autostereoscopic content. The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI provides dedicated conversion technology for almost any type of existing autostereoscopic display.
Technical Features
- Automatic extraction of depth information from stereo content
- Conversion of stereo content to multiple video+depth (MVD2)
- Re-mastering of stereoscopic content by using MVD2 format
- Adaptation of stereoscopic content to different screen sizes
- Generation of dedicated multi-view sequences from MVD2
- Specific adaptation of depth range for selected 3D displays
- Tuning of multi-view parameters for given content and display type
- Option of manual refinement to achieve improved 3D quality
Solutions & Services
In this context Fraunhofer HHI offers a suite of plug-ins for Adobe AfterEffects including sophisticated disparity estimation & rendering solutions. In addition the conversion is continued to be available as a service for most commercial auto-stereoscopic 3D displays. The final results can be delivered individually in full resolution but also interweaved, ready to use for a selected 3D display.