Re: 2D to 3D Conversion

[P3D Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Rayboy asked:
> Anyone have info on the 2D to 3D conversion process.  I've been to the 3D 
> WEB site and e-mailed Mr. Mannle to no avail.  
> 
> Also, any info on the extrapolation process whereby two images can be used 
> to produce four.  I wrote to Kodak but got no reply.

Some of the following conference proceedings have information on 
2D to 3D conversion and 3D interpolation (extrapolation):

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND APPLICATIONS I.
     $62 (?) ISBN 0-8194-0303-2. (Proceedings of the conference Stereoscopic
     Displays and Applications I held (?)). Proceedings of the SPIE volume 
     (?). Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S. Fisher. Publisher: SPIE- the 
     International Society for Optical Engineering. Contact:
     bookorders@xxxxxxxx, "http://www.spie.org". 

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND APPLICATIONS II.
     $62 (?) ISBN 0-8194-0556-6. (Proceedings of the conference Stereoscopic 
     Displays and Applications II held Feb 1991). Proceedings of the SPIE 
     volume 1457. Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S. Fisher. Publisher: 
     SPIE- the International Society for Optical Engineering.
     Pages: 344, Papers: 36. Contact: bookorders@xxxxxxxx, 
     "http://www.spie.org" 

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND APPLICATIONS III.
     $55 (HB) ISBN 0-8194-0823-9. (Proceedings of the conference 
     Stereoscopic Displays and Applications III held Feb 1992). Proceedings 
     of the SPIE volume 1669. Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S. Fisher. 
     Publisher: SPIE- the International Society for Optical Engineering.
     Pages: 269, Papers: 28. Contact: bookorders@xxxxxxxx, 
     "http://www.spie.org". 

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND APPLICATIONS IV. 
     $? (?) ISBN 0-8194-1148-5. (Proceedings of the conference Stereoscopic 
     Displays and Applications IV held Feb 1993). Proceedings of the SPIE 
     volume 1915. Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S. Fisher. Publisher: 
     SPIE- the International Society for Optical Engineering.
     Pages: 188, Papers:20. Contact: bookorders@xxxxxxxx, 
     "http://www.spie.org". 

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS.
     $? (?) ISBN 0-8194-1472-7. (Proceedings of the conferences 
     "Stereoscopic Displays and Applications V" and "The Engineering 
     Reality of Virtual Reality" held Feb. 1994). Proceedings of the SPIE 
     volume 2177. Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S Fisher, Mark T Bolas. 
     Publisher: SPIE. Pages: 418, Papers: 47. Contact: bookorders@xxxxxxxx,
     "http://www.spie.org". 

STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS AND VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS II.
     $? (?) ISBN 0-8194-1756-4. (Proceedings of the conferences 
     "Stereoscopic Displays and Applications VI" and "The Engineering 
     Reality of Virtual Reality II" held Feb. 1995). Proceedings of the 
     SPIE volume 2409. Editors: John O Merritt, Scott S Fisher, Mark T
     Bolas. Publisher: SPIE. Pages: 312, Papers: 37. Contact: 
     bookorders@xxxxxxxx, "http://www.spie.org". 

I lifted this information from Dan Shelley's web page
"http://users.aol.com/books3d/booklist.html" but since I provided that
information to him, he shouldn't mind.  :-)

The abstracts of these proceedings are available at the SPIE web site.
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