Cool Bei Yang Video Demo From GDC Online

Post by **PressBot** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:33 am

This is actually pretty cool! Bei Yang from Walt Disney Imagineering did a convincing demonstration that with the help of stereoscopic 3D technology, the illusion that the viewer is in the same room as what is being shown on a 3D display can seem very real. It's a good thing that MTBS had the benefit of a stereoscopic 3D camera to capture the magic.
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Post by **cybereality** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:06 pm

Isn't this just a cheap rip-off of Johnny Lee's DesktopVR?

Post by **Neil** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:15 pm

Bei Yang credited Johny Lee during his presentation. He was just demonstrating a concept at GDC.

Regards,
Neil

Post by **cybereality** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:27 pm

Ah, I see.

Post by **Dom** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:12 pm

I seen this kind of stereoscopic technique before. How was it done at the confernce though? Is there a camera to know where the person is? This is exactly what auto stereoscopic displays are going to be like I hope. The studios just need to revert their camera signals into directx live motion video. And maybe add some angled mirrors beside the lenses to acheive a far out view.

Post by **crim3** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:49 am

This could be automated with project Natal technology (Kinect).
That's what it's already done in CAVE using optical and high quality EM tracking.

Post by **Neil** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:35 pm

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Bei Yang, Concept Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering at GDC Online

This is actually pretty cool! Bei Yang from Walt Disney Imagineering did a convincing demonstration that with the help of stereoscopic 3D technology, the illusion that the viewer is in the same room as what is being shown on a 3D display can seem very real. It's a good thing that MTBS had the benefit of a stereoscopic 3D camera to capture the magic.