I want a holodeck

I want a holodeck

Stream to 3D - Release Update, Free Trial Reminder and Examples

The release of Stream to 3D has gone well. There is now an active community on the Stream to 3D Discord Server. I have really enjoyed hearing what people are now doing with the product. For example, people are using it with their Augmented Reality glasses, VR headsets and 3D

Stream to 3D - Released - including free trial

Stream to 3D - Released - including free trial

I know a lot of you have been waiting for this. I really appreciate the suppport. Well, it is finally here! There is a one week free trial option, as well as standalone purchase and subscription options. Stream to 3D allows you to easily watch 2D videos, converted to 3D

Real-time 2D to 3D Video Solution for PCVR

Real-time 2D to 3D Video Solution for PCVR

I have been developing a 2D to 3D real-time video conversion solution for use with VR headsets and media players such as BigScreen. Virtual Reality solutions are extremely demanding on machine resources. PCVR allows the resources of a PC to be used to drive VR headsets, either wired or standalone,

Motion Stabilisation of Left and Right Eye Views

Motion Stabilisation of Left and Right Eye Views

This post describes a significant enhancement to the 2D to 3D algorithm in order to further reduce risk of discomfort. This enhancement includes: * Introduction of a new element that performs full frame motion compensation on the right eye view so that it always aligns precisely with the left eye view.

Scene and Motion Detection to Eliminate Discomfort

Scene and Motion Detection to Eliminate Discomfort

A simple and effective implementation of the Pulfrich 2D to 3D conversion algorithm takes two time delayed video frames and maps them to the left and right eye views. However, such an implementation requires that there is good correlation between the video frames selected for the left and right eye

Virtual Desktop and watching 2D Videos in 3D

Virtual Desktop and watching 2D Videos in 3D

My original work on this topic centred on a mod to Universal Media Server (UMS) to support on-the-fly conversion of 2D Video to 3D with Sky Box VR Player and later various other media players. This article shows how to do this with Virtual Desktop. The approach with Virtual Desktop

Pigasus VR Media Player and watching 2D Videos in 3D

Pigasus VR Media Player and watching 2D Videos in 3D

I have included support for Pigasus VR Media Player in a modified version of Universal Media Server so that you can watch 2D videos in 3D. I've used this demo to show the support for Pigasus and also how you can switch the 3D Output format generated by UMS to

On-the-fly 2D to 3D Conversion in BigScreen via UMS - Avatar 2 Trailer

I posted about adding real-time 2D to 3D video support to Universal Media Server (UMS) recently. I've updated the solution based on feedback to include; additional 3D output formats, IPD stretch factor, algorithm improvements, and support for additional media players. So here, is a nice BigScreen example showing the Avatar

Simple FFMpeg Script for 2D to 3D Video Conversion

Simple FFMpeg Script for 2D to 3D Video Conversion

I have been experimenting with 2D to 3D video conversion for some time now, going back several years. A while back, I found an approach that used a script with AVISynth+ and FFMpeg, but I found the process very cumbersome and required the installation of a mass of software. I