The future of watching 3D movies is right around the corner

Growing up in the seventies, I recall those special occasions when a new 3D movie would come out in theaters. It was typically in the form of a bad horror movie but there was something fun about putting on those silly glasses, sitting and watching in wonder. Those days of wearing those silly glasses could soon be over. A recent study (Kim, et al., 2012) suggests that using a frontal projection-type auto-stereoscopic display together with a polarizer and a quarter-wave retarding film can bring 3D viewing without using 3D glasses. This is tone of the first studies that looks at the differences between frontal projection-type auto-stereoscopic displays and integral imaging by using a projector.

The researchers propose the use of a three-dimensional (3D) displays as vital for a stereoscopic display and an auto-stereoscopic display, such as in the parallax barrier method, the lenticular lens method, and the integral imaging method.

The researchers suggest that, "They permit spatial and/or temporal multiplexing to produce a larger display and have high-definition because the display devices and the screen are separated. One of the major merits of the projection-type auto-stereoscopic display is that only one projector is used. However, such an approach unfortunately limits spacing efficiency because additional optical components, such as a parallax barrier, a lenticular lens, and a lenslet array in front of the screen are needed for delivering different perspectives to the viewer, even though several methods of reflective projection-type 3D display have been reported."

Yes, it could be possible that wearing those silly 3D glasses could soon be coming to an end.


Two Forces:

Economical - The use of 3D in the home is still in its early stages as the everyday consumer has yet to buy-in to the value and cost benefit. Clear advancement in the technology has resulted in recent blockbuster hits as Avatar which showcases 3D technical capabilities.

Global - The use of 3D technology at home and in community movie theaters is primarily used in the western culture and limited in eastern cultures due to cost. 


Evan








Reference:
Youngmin Kim, Keehoon Hong, Jiwoon Yeom, Jisoo Hong, Jae-Hyun Jung, Yong Wook Lee, Jae-Hyeung Park, and Byoungho Lee  A frontal projection-type three-dimensional display

 http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-20-18-20130&id=240807

The new Agore model

In the 6th century, the Agore was a place where citizens discussed, debated and made consensus based on popular vote. Population explosion, technology advancements and cultural issues have impacted how we create this Agore that existed in the past. A new agora has been developed that combines the power of human capital and social capital with cyberspace capital, to produce new ways to collaborate. However, this is only possible for those who become masters of the collaborative mode of human association, which is essential to optimum development in cyberspace (Schreibman and Christakis). Part of this new agore defines the "Erroneous Priorities Effect" (EPE), which suggests that "even with good intentions for participative democracy, people cannot collectively walk the talk unless we change the paradigm for languaging and voting."

As part of this new agore model, 6 laws have been outlined, which are:


1. Appreciation of the diversity of perspectives of observers is essential to embrace the many dimensions of a complex situation.
2. Disciplined dialogue is required so that observers are not subjected to information overloaded.
3. The relative importance of an observer's ideas can be understood only when they are compared with others in the group.
4. Meaning and wisdom of an observer's ideas are produced in a dialogue only when they begin to understand the relationships such as similarity, priority, influence, etc., of different people's ideas.
5. Every person matters, so it is necessary to protect the autonomy and authenticity of each observer in drawing distinctions.
6. Evolutionary learning occurs in a dialogue as the observers learn how their ideas relate to one another.

These 6 laws should also be considered when evaluating innovative technologies.

Two Forces:
Technological and Cultral - Technology advancements and cultural issues have impacted how we create this Agore that existed in the past. A new agora has been developed that combines the power of human capital and social capital with cyberspace capital, to produce new ways to collaborate.
 

Reference:
Vigdor Schreibman and Alexander N. Christakis, New Agora: New Geometry of Languaging And New Technology of Democracy: The Structured Design Dialogue Process.

Evan