2D to 3D Conversion using High end Gaming PCs.
I know that the realtime 2D to 3D conversion by the 3DTVs sucks which I think is primarily due to lack of Processing power. So I wonder why a 2D to 3D conversion software is not made for PCs which can use the 4GHz CPUs and the GTX 400/500 Videocards to get acceptable 3D. The PowerDVD Conversion doesn't really seem to make the PCs break a sweat. If it is still not good enough maybe we can have converters instead of realtime conversion.
I know that the realtime 2D to 3D conversion by the 3DTVs sucks which I think is primarily due to lack of Processing power. So I wonder why a 2D to 3D conversion software is not made for PCs which can use the 4GHz CPUs and the GTX 400/500 Videocards to get acceptable 3D. The PowerDVD Conversion doesn't really seem to make the PCs break a sweat. If it is still not good enough maybe we can have converters instead of realtime conversion.

#1
Posted 06/19/2011 03:44 AM   
Because you will never get acceptable 3D from a 2D to 3D conversion.
Because you will never get acceptable 3D from a 2D to 3D conversion.

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#2
Posted 06/20/2011 12:30 AM   
You can have a whole render farm, it will still look like crap. At least in the immediate future, although theoretically there could be an algorithm to do it (very doubtful it could run in real-time). Manual conversion is an option, at least technically, used in recent movies like Priest. However there is no available software for end-users to do this. All the stuff right now is proprietary.
You can have a whole render farm, it will still look like crap. At least in the immediate future, although theoretically there could be an algorithm to do it (very doubtful it could run in real-time). Manual conversion is an option, at least technically, used in recent movies like Priest. However there is no available software for end-users to do this. All the stuff right now is proprietary.
#3
Posted 06/20/2011 12:34 AM   
Power DVD has a 2d to 3d conversion option for movies, and it sucks something awful, seriously, try it, its so bad lol, makes your movies look like ass. Theres no easy way for a computer to tell which objects are supposed to be at which depths, unless in the case of gaming, the 3d models and depth data are already there, so 2d to 3d is pretty much a no go. Sure, its possible, but seriously not worth the effort, many years, and manpower it would require to calculate such things imo.
Power DVD has a 2d to 3d conversion option for movies, and it sucks something awful, seriously, try it, its so bad lol, makes your movies look like ass. Theres no easy way for a computer to tell which objects are supposed to be at which depths, unless in the case of gaming, the 3d models and depth data are already there, so 2d to 3d is pretty much a no go. Sure, its possible, but seriously not worth the effort, many years, and manpower it would require to calculate such things imo.

#4
Posted 06/20/2011 11:36 AM   
how little a high end pc means when you face cloud computing is staggering, its much bigger leap than alone in the dark 1 to directx11 imho.


depthmap should be used to improve motion of original stereo pair, and we start with 2x 60fps to begin with , + depthmap + eventual compressed sensing stuff on the horizon, then that should be quite good interpolation.
how little a high end pc means when you face cloud computing is staggering, its much bigger leap than alone in the dark 1 to directx11 imho.





depthmap should be used to improve motion of original stereo pair, and we start with 2x 60fps to begin with , + depthmap + eventual compressed sensing stuff on the horizon, then that should be quite good interpolation.

#5
Posted 06/20/2011 12:36 PM   
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