First Look: Dolby 3D
Dolby 3D technology has two main components. One focuses on a format that allows all the necessary information to be brought to the display to perform at its best, using the current infrastructure. An example was shown at CES and IBC where the Dolby 3D format was showcased using the Vudu service as well Akamai, uploading Dolby 3D movies on their servers and streaming it live through an on demand application.
The second component resides in the display where the frames are generated using the information mentioned above and matching it to the specific characteristic of the display, either this is a glasses based 3D TV or a glasses free 3D TV. Dolby 3D always renders and visualizes the best 3D image possible within the specific optical characteristic of the display itself.
What does the content need in order to function as Dolby 3D?
The Dolby 3D format requires the content to already be in 3D, it is not a 2D to 3D conversion technology. What Dolby 3D allows is to bring more data to the 3D displays so that the 3D image is higher quality. For example the FCFR (frame compatible full resolution) module allow to bring full resolution left and right image to the current 3D TVs enabling a much higher resolution when in 3D mode compared to the current side by side format. More specifically for 3D glasses free display, Dolby 3D allows additional important data like depth map of the frame, to be transmitted to the display enabling a much higher quality when the video is visualized on the screen.
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