Monday, 6 June 2011

THE 3DTV CONFERENCE

The 3DTV Conference, technically co-sponsored by IEEE, is becoming the premier forum for the presentation of research results and technological advances in relation to 3D television. 3DTV-CON 2011 will be the 5th conference of the series which originated from the EU FP6 3DTV Network of Excellence in 2006. Conference topics cover a wide range of fields including capture, processing, coding, transmission, visualization, interaction and applications of 3D TV.
 
 
Prospective authors are invited to submit four-page papers including results, figures and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission. Detailed guidelines for submission will be provided in the 3DTV-CON 2011 website. The proceedings of the conference will be archived by IEEE Xplore, following the practice of the previous conferences.The main technical program will include several special sessions in emerging areas. Papers for special sessions will be accepted once the session topics are determined. In addition to the main technical program, there will also be tutorials and demonstrations/exhibitions. Proposals for special sessions, tutorials and demonstrations/exhibitions should be submitted to the appropriate chair(s).
 
Korean electronics giant LG is planning to show off its new 3D TV at the Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas, USA, next week. The difference being that this will use passive glasses rather than active shutter glasses.The 65-inch LG LW6500 3D TV will use TruMotion operating at 200MHz for blur-free images in 1080p. It will use battery-free, hence lightweight passive glasses, instead of the heavier and larger active shutter glasses, which are more commonly seen. These glasses will use opposite polarized glasses for left and right eye (similar to those used in 3D cinema theatres), while the TV screen will be dual layered, with each layer polarized for one of the eyepieces to be able to view two distinct images with either eye a necessity for 3D stereoscopic image viewing. Since these do not depend on closing and opening of the glasses, there is no flicker. Also, the refresh rate of the display is not limited to lower refresh rates associated displays with active shutter glasses and this reduces eye fatigue. The overall viewing experience is therefore more comfortable as compared to the other 3D viewing technology.Active shutter glasses have been cited as a prominent reason why 3D TV technology has not taken off as had been anticipated. Many users complain of headache and eye fatigue wearing the heavy active shutter glasses which need to be synchronized with an IR transmitter in the TV. It remains to be seen how well this 3D implementation is accepted by the consumers, but the hopes are definitely higher than with active shutter glasses 3D TVs.The LW6500 comes with LED Plus and HDMI 1.4, and is a smart TV which can connect to the internet to access to LG's app store. Pricing information about the 3D TV is expected during CES 2011, but it may reportedly debut at around US$3600.

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