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,
Algorithmic Tuning - Motion and Alignment This post describes further enhancement and tuning of the 2D to 3D algorithm to further reduce risk of discomfort. The latest enhancements include: * 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.
Enhanced 2D to 3D Algorithm - Discomfort Elimination The base 2D to 3D conversion algorithm applied here in earlier work, takes two time delayed video frames and maps them to the left and right eye views. This is both an extremely simple and effective approach. It relies on the Pulfrich effect. It does, however, require that there is
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 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 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
