Alaskan video and Nuoptix

[P3D Rubén Torrejón <RUBEN10219@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Worrell wrote:

"But after my eyes adjusted to the dark right filter (by the way,
the glasses suck over glasses) I was very impressed by the 3D -
right away I realized that this wasn't pulfrich effect - static
shots exhibited depth." 

"But I am confused, this technology for 3D video works - without
shutters, and the video looks sharp without the glasses. Have
any of our European members heard of "NewOptix" or Telecast
International? Or perhaps (if the camera they showed was the
camera they used) our SL3D experts could discuss the potential
for SL3D video? And, if this was only pulfrich effect, how come
static shots exhibited depth? Can Ya'll help clear up these
questions, or at least share medications ;-) :-) ;-)"

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Most definitely the video you're talking about uses the Pulfrich effect.
Nuoptix is a trademark of the german company Telcast International GMBH. A
few years ago they tried to introduce their system to european
broadcasters and video producers. It consisted basically of a few shooting
techniques to exploit the pulfrich effect and simulate 3-D. They also
distributed the carboard glasses where the dark filter was situated on the
right eye, so to create the depth illusion the camera had to move from
right to left. Although the system never reached wide distribution across
Europe some broadcasters employed the system: the german TV network RTL
aired a weekly erotic show called "Tutti Frutti" in 3-D. The program was
succesful enough to have italian and spanish versions, both of them
recorded at the same TV studios in Milan (Italy) and in flat format. Spain
gave a  try to the format with a show called "Caliente" that included
short segments in Nuoptix 3-D (girls playing basketball with the camera
moving right-to-left endlessly and the like). The last program to use
Nuoptix in Spain was a special dedicated to brazilian singer Xuxa by the
same channel that had previously exhibited the flat spanish version of
"Tutti Frutti" (Tele 5). The show never aired in 3-D. Telcast tried also
the video-market but was succesful mostly with producers of soft-core
videos were the camera spinned around the players (not for people affected
by motion-sickness). Selling a Nuoptix video (pulfrich) as 3-D is quite
misleading as the 3-D effect is nothing more than an occasional illusion
that after the initial surprise looses its impact.  

Regards from Spain!

Ruben
RUBEN10219@xxxxxxxxxxx


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