3D Vision Blog

Here is an interesting 3D video of an old DHL advertisement, it is a 3D conversion of a 2D broadcast, but the results are really convincing, although the video quality is not perfect. This is an example of a proper conversion from 2D to 3D and how convincing it can be, so if you don’t know you might think it is actually a 3D clip. The conversion has been done by Vision III & Hnk 3D and they are offering the 3D clip for download on their website in both Side by Side format (half horizontal resolution) and in anaglyph Red/Cyan version. You need to fill in a form to get to the download of the video. You can watch the original DHL advertisement in 2D if you want to compare it with the converted to 3D version. The advertisement is a bit weird, but it doesn’t matter, just look for the stereoscopic 3D effect in it.

- To download the DHL advertisement video converted to stereo 3D format…

Gimpel3D is a free application that can help you convert a single 2D image or image sequence into stereoscopic 3D written by René Gimpel. Have in mind that this is not like the traditional 2D to 3D autoconversion solutions that do everything by themselves, you have to do a lot of things manually to make it work, but the end result can be much more convincing than that of an automatic conversion software. Gimpel3D uses a combination of traditional approaches as well as a proprietary projective modeling system that is used to actually remodel the 2D image into a something that resembles a true 3D scene that can be rendered into a realistically looking stereoscopic 3D image. The user works in true proportional space where the scene can be viewed from any location and the scene is edited geometrically in space using tools specifically designed to work with the perspective projection of the image. So in order to be able to work with this software, some previous experience with 3D modeling and animation software packages may be of great help. And if you are totally new into stereo 3D, then this software may be quite hard to understand and use, so you better start with something more automated.

- For more information about the free Gimpel3D 2D to Stereo 3D Conversion software…

Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment have just announced that James Cameron’s movie TITANIC will be re-released in 3D worldwide on April 6th in 2012. The release date marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic setting sail (April 10th) and 2012 is also the 100th anniversary of the Paramount and of course we are talking about a 2D to 3D conversion of the original movie, not re-shooting it in 3D. The new “3D” version of Titanic will be digitally re-mastered at 4K and converted to 3D, and knowing how James Cameron loves to take the time to make things properly and loves precision of details we can expect a very convincing conversion. But we’ll have to wait and see what will James Cameron present with this conversion of Titanic and will it be able to make for 2D to 3D movie conversions what Avatar did for the 3D movies…

So what is your opinion on that and would you go and watch Ttianinc re-released in 3D next year?