3D Vision Questions from a newbie
Hi everyone,


I'm a VJ, and i have this crazy idea of making a visual 3D installation, with a 3D projector and i found the Nvidia 3D Vision system.
I was wondering...

- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?
I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....
- i had to buy Quadro graphics card to using it for pro applications like cinema4D or a compatible Nvidia graphics card like Geforce will do it?
- How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?
- Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?

Thanks all for your answer,

Rodrigo
Hi everyone,





I'm a VJ, and i have this crazy idea of making a visual 3D installation, with a 3D projector and i found the Nvidia 3D Vision system.

I was wondering...



- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?

I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....

- i had to buy Quadro graphics card to using it for pro applications like cinema4D or a compatible Nvidia graphics card like Geforce will do it?

- How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?

- Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?



Thanks all for your answer,



Rodrigo

#1
Posted 09/01/2010 10:54 AM   
Hi everyone,


I'm a VJ, and i have this crazy idea of making a visual 3D installation, with a 3D projector and i found the Nvidia 3D Vision system.
I was wondering...

- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?
I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....
- i had to buy Quadro graphics card to using it for pro applications like cinema4D or a compatible Nvidia graphics card like Geforce will do it?
- How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?
- Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?

Thanks all for your answer,

Rodrigo
Hi everyone,





I'm a VJ, and i have this crazy idea of making a visual 3D installation, with a 3D projector and i found the Nvidia 3D Vision system.

I was wondering...



- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?

I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....

- i had to buy Quadro graphics card to using it for pro applications like cinema4D or a compatible Nvidia graphics card like Geforce will do it?

- How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?

- Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?



Thanks all for your answer,



Rodrigo

#2
Posted 09/01/2010 10:54 AM   
VJ = Video Jockey?

What kind of project do you mean? Like showing some 3D stuff to audience in a room?
And do you want to make all the videos by yourself from scratch?

Showing Nvidia 3D Vision to a lot of people in a room will require the 3D Vision Pro which allows distance of approx 100 feet from the hub, compared to approx 15 feet on the 3D Vision Home.

But you also need Nvidia`s 3D glasses for all those people to watch it, as long as you go for that technology.
Might cost a lot, depending on how many you wanna share it with.

Maybe it would be easier/cheaper to create/convert some movies, blow them up on a screen using a projector, and hand out a lot of those 3D paper-glasses. Although the quality would not be perfect.

I guess it depends on how far you are willing to take your project.

I`ll try to answer (some of) your questions.

[b]- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?
I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....[/b]

- There are several ways to do this, but unless you spend a lot of money on real 3D Video cameras (i.e Panasonic and Sony), the quality depends on your skills, patience, eager to learn and ambitions.

[color="#4169E1"]Edit; After checking for some 3D cams myself, I found out that they are pretty cheap actually :) Depending on the cams quality of course.[/color]

For example, you can use two separate video-cameras (like they did in Avatar in the real scenes, not the computer generated ones) and place them next to each other to create left and right images. Distance between the lenses should be 2-3 inches, and then its just testing, testing and.....testing - till you get the result you want. Lot of work, needless to say.

After that you`ll need some editing software to put the two separate movies (same footage of course) next to each other so you`ll get the 3D effect when using glasses. You can find guidelines about this by Google "make your own 3D movie".

There are also some "convert 2D to 3D" software around. But this will also require some work from your side, and the quality might not be what you are looking for. I`ve seen some suspicious sites advertising software like this.
Might be good ones though, if you dig into it.

[b]How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?[/b]

- Nvidia says "multiple users, family and friends". Im not sure if there are any limitations or if its ok as long as all of them are within range of the hub. All of them will, of course, see the same picture/movie.

[b]Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?[/b]

- Yes. Im using [url="http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html"]TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress[/url] to both cut and edit some 3D movies and then play them using the [url="http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/3d-vision-video-player-1.6.2-driver-uk.html"]3D Player[/url] from Nvidia. Results are not as crispy and shiny as the original movies, but it works fine.
VJ = Video Jockey?



What kind of project do you mean? Like showing some 3D stuff to audience in a room?

And do you want to make all the videos by yourself from scratch?



Showing Nvidia 3D Vision to a lot of people in a room will require the 3D Vision Pro which allows distance of approx 100 feet from the hub, compared to approx 15 feet on the 3D Vision Home.



But you also need Nvidia`s 3D glasses for all those people to watch it, as long as you go for that technology.

Might cost a lot, depending on how many you wanna share it with.



Maybe it would be easier/cheaper to create/convert some movies, blow them up on a screen using a projector, and hand out a lot of those 3D paper-glasses. Although the quality would not be perfect.



I guess it depends on how far you are willing to take your project.



I`ll try to answer (some of) your questions.



- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?

I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....




- There are several ways to do this, but unless you spend a lot of money on real 3D Video cameras (i.e Panasonic and Sony), the quality depends on your skills, patience, eager to learn and ambitions.



Edit; After checking for some 3D cams myself, I found out that they are pretty cheap actually :) Depending on the cams quality of course.



For example, you can use two separate video-cameras (like they did in Avatar in the real scenes, not the computer generated ones) and place them next to each other to create left and right images. Distance between the lenses should be 2-3 inches, and then its just testing, testing and.....testing - till you get the result you want. Lot of work, needless to say.



After that you`ll need some editing software to put the two separate movies (same footage of course) next to each other so you`ll get the 3D effect when using glasses. You can find guidelines about this by Google "make your own 3D movie".



There are also some "convert 2D to 3D" software around. But this will also require some work from your side, and the quality might not be what you are looking for. I`ve seen some suspicious sites advertising software like this.

Might be good ones though, if you dig into it.



How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?



- Nvidia says "multiple users, family and friends". Im not sure if there are any limitations or if its ok as long as all of them are within range of the hub. All of them will, of course, see the same picture/movie.



Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?



- Yes. Im using TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to both cut and edit some 3D movies and then play them using the 3D Player from Nvidia. Results are not as crispy and shiny as the original movies, but it works fine.

#3
Posted 09/02/2010 01:56 AM   
VJ = Video Jockey?

What kind of project do you mean? Like showing some 3D stuff to audience in a room?
And do you want to make all the videos by yourself from scratch?

Showing Nvidia 3D Vision to a lot of people in a room will require the 3D Vision Pro which allows distance of approx 100 feet from the hub, compared to approx 15 feet on the 3D Vision Home.

But you also need Nvidia`s 3D glasses for all those people to watch it, as long as you go for that technology.
Might cost a lot, depending on how many you wanna share it with.

Maybe it would be easier/cheaper to create/convert some movies, blow them up on a screen using a projector, and hand out a lot of those 3D paper-glasses. Although the quality would not be perfect.

I guess it depends on how far you are willing to take your project.

I`ll try to answer (some of) your questions.

[b]- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?
I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....[/b]

- There are several ways to do this, but unless you spend a lot of money on real 3D Video cameras (i.e Panasonic and Sony), the quality depends on your skills, patience, eager to learn and ambitions.

[color="#4169E1"]Edit; After checking for some 3D cams myself, I found out that they are pretty cheap actually :) Depending on the cams quality of course.[/color]

For example, you can use two separate video-cameras (like they did in Avatar in the real scenes, not the computer generated ones) and place them next to each other to create left and right images. Distance between the lenses should be 2-3 inches, and then its just testing, testing and.....testing - till you get the result you want. Lot of work, needless to say.

After that you`ll need some editing software to put the two separate movies (same footage of course) next to each other so you`ll get the 3D effect when using glasses. You can find guidelines about this by Google "make your own 3D movie".

There are also some "convert 2D to 3D" software around. But this will also require some work from your side, and the quality might not be what you are looking for. I`ve seen some suspicious sites advertising software like this.
Might be good ones though, if you dig into it.

[b]How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?[/b]

- Nvidia says "multiple users, family and friends". Im not sure if there are any limitations or if its ok as long as all of them are within range of the hub. All of them will, of course, see the same picture/movie.

[b]Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?[/b]

- Yes. Im using [url="http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html"]TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress[/url] to both cut and edit some 3D movies and then play them using the [url="http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/3d-vision-video-player-1.6.2-driver-uk.html"]3D Player[/url] from Nvidia. Results are not as crispy and shiny as the original movies, but it works fine.
VJ = Video Jockey?



What kind of project do you mean? Like showing some 3D stuff to audience in a room?

And do you want to make all the videos by yourself from scratch?



Showing Nvidia 3D Vision to a lot of people in a room will require the 3D Vision Pro which allows distance of approx 100 feet from the hub, compared to approx 15 feet on the 3D Vision Home.



But you also need Nvidia`s 3D glasses for all those people to watch it, as long as you go for that technology.

Might cost a lot, depending on how many you wanna share it with.



Maybe it would be easier/cheaper to create/convert some movies, blow them up on a screen using a projector, and hand out a lot of those 3D paper-glasses. Although the quality would not be perfect.



I guess it depends on how far you are willing to take your project.



I`ll try to answer (some of) your questions.



- How to make my own 3D material, my own 3D short movies, do you reccomend me a software or plugs to do it?

I think there is a plugging for cinema 4D but i'm not so sure....




- There are several ways to do this, but unless you spend a lot of money on real 3D Video cameras (i.e Panasonic and Sony), the quality depends on your skills, patience, eager to learn and ambitions.



Edit; After checking for some 3D cams myself, I found out that they are pretty cheap actually :) Depending on the cams quality of course.



For example, you can use two separate video-cameras (like they did in Avatar in the real scenes, not the computer generated ones) and place them next to each other to create left and right images. Distance between the lenses should be 2-3 inches, and then its just testing, testing and.....testing - till you get the result you want. Lot of work, needless to say.



After that you`ll need some editing software to put the two separate movies (same footage of course) next to each other so you`ll get the 3D effect when using glasses. You can find guidelines about this by Google "make your own 3D movie".



There are also some "convert 2D to 3D" software around. But this will also require some work from your side, and the quality might not be what you are looking for. I`ve seen some suspicious sites advertising software like this.

Might be good ones though, if you dig into it.



How many glasses can i use at the same time, for the same film? Does everyone see the same?



- Nvidia says "multiple users, family and friends". Im not sure if there are any limitations or if its ok as long as all of them are within range of the hub. All of them will, of course, see the same picture/movie.



Can i edit existing steroscopie movies?



- Yes. Im using TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to both cut and edit some 3D movies and then play them using the 3D Player from Nvidia. Results are not as crispy and shiny as the original movies, but it works fine.

#4
Posted 09/02/2010 01:56 AM   
Hello!My name is Daniel. I have a little problem abaut 3D vision glasses and whit my monitor.I have all the needed parts in the PC but i can't make it works.I have an LG W2363D 3D ready 120Hz monitor. How i can make it works whit that?I check on internet and it's should be working, but its not.What i have to do?Bye!
Hello!My name is Daniel. I have a little problem abaut 3D vision glasses and whit my monitor.I have all the needed parts in the PC but i can't make it works.I have an LG W2363D 3D ready 120Hz monitor. How i can make it works whit that?I check on internet and it's should be working, but its not.What i have to do?Bye!

#5
Posted 09/04/2010 01:36 PM   
Hello!My name is Daniel. I have a little problem abaut 3D vision glasses and whit my monitor.I have all the needed parts in the PC but i can't make it works.I have an LG W2363D 3D ready 120Hz monitor. How i can make it works whit that?I check on internet and it's should be working, but its not.What i have to do?Bye!
Hello!My name is Daniel. I have a little problem abaut 3D vision glasses and whit my monitor.I have all the needed parts in the PC but i can't make it works.I have an LG W2363D 3D ready 120Hz monitor. How i can make it works whit that?I check on internet and it's should be working, but its not.What i have to do?Bye!

#6
Posted 09/04/2010 01:36 PM   
Errr, "it isn't working" is kinda like going to the doctor and saying "something hurts, fix it." How did you install the 3D glasses? Did you use the provided CD?
Errr, "it isn't working" is kinda like going to the doctor and saying "something hurts, fix it." How did you install the 3D glasses? Did you use the provided CD?

#7
Posted 09/04/2010 11:09 PM   
Errr, "it isn't working" is kinda like going to the doctor and saying "something hurts, fix it." How did you install the 3D glasses? Did you use the provided CD?
Errr, "it isn't working" is kinda like going to the doctor and saying "something hurts, fix it." How did you install the 3D glasses? Did you use the provided CD?

#8
Posted 09/04/2010 11:09 PM   
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