In a world first at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, autostereoscopic technology developer Sunny Ocean Studios will showcase a 84-inch video wall offering 3D entertainment without the need for glasses.

The 3D video walls are based on four synchronised monitors and work with 30 views technology (one image is taken from 30 different perspectives). This technology allows a “glasses-free” 3D experience from several locations in the room.

Specially for the Olympic Youth Games, Sunny Ocean Studios has converted in-house conventional 3D films into 3D video material that does not need 3D glasses.

The 3D wall has a diagonal of 3.5 metres and works with commercially available monitors operating at 25 frames per seconds. The 3D wall was developed with the engineering school at IDC Asia/Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore.

In March 201, Sunny Ocean Studios had installed a 138" autostereoscopic 3D wall (pictured) at Temasek Polytechnic Singapore. The screen offers a 3D experience from 64 different perspectives. The company had demonstrated for the first time its “glasses-free” autostereoscopic 3D projection system at CeBIT 2010 in February.

“Using the latest compression technology, we can downsize our 64 view format up to 1% of the original (uncompressed) file size,” explains Armin Grasnick, Sunny Ocean Studios founder and managing director. “This allows the playback of the 64 views from inexpensive hardware or Blu-ray players and without the need of proprietary playback software. The codec can be implemented in a standard QuickTime player and used in standalone installations, 3D walls, as well as in digital signage or TV applications.”

Story filed 22.08.10