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The ITU looks forward to 3D TV standards

Posted on 16. Jan, 2010 by "Mitch" in Industry, Televisions, Video Conferencing

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is working on a standards framework that it hopes will set a road map for the 3D TV international market.  The framework which focuses on three different types of 3D technologies; some of which may not be around for 20 years or so.

Although their goal seems valuable,they make some interesting assumptions. One of the three technologies is holographics, which when talking about a “3D TV” shown from a “2D source”, made me wonder if 3D TV standards should really be called  ”3D projection” standards.  Anyway, maybe that’s not important but when we start talking about displays and displays that adjust based on your point of view and potentially use multiple sources to give you a 3D image in a given spot, we are in a way taking the “TV” totally out of the room all together.  The article also assumes until we have holograms that we won’t need glasses.

Which leaves with with a final question for you.  Is a stereo 3D image that does not require glasses no longer “s3D” but a type of Hologram?

Source: RegHardware