These videos were shot by astronauts that were not trained in shooting 3D – since the videos feature horrendously bad parallax: Explore the International Space Station in 3D | Daily Mail Online. Nice idea, badly implemented.
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Bizarre: France government agency cautions children against watching 3D
Evidence free medicine: BBC News – French health watchdog warns on 3D usage for children.
- Scholar.google.com did not turn up any papers on the subject. Pubmed.gov did turn up some papers:
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23224123 – this paper formed an hypothesis, not a conclusion – and is referenced by the government agencies as the basis for this recommendation. The abstract says “As there is hardly any information available in the medical literature on this subject it is the aim of this article to provide an overview of the technology and physiology with the advantages and disadvantages.”
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23928879 – looked at a group of people with pre-existing vision problems to understand the impact of bad 3D imagery on them. Pretty much the same in this paper – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516978
Thus, these recommendations are based on the practice of evidence-free medicine.
Next iPhone Rumored to Have Glasses-free 3D Display
Taiwanese media website Economic Daily News [Google Translate] (via GforGames) is reporting that Apple may be gearing up to introduce a glasses-free 3D display on next year’s iPhone. The site also reports that Apple is aiming to create a 3D “hardware and software ecosystem.”
via Next iPhone Rumored to Carry Glasses-free 3D Display – Mac Rumors.
Analytics company claims social media predicted 3D downfall, and predicts 4K demise too
Youtube 60 fps demo video clip
I have posted a demo video clip of Youtube’s new 60 fps support.
To play at 60 fps, you must select 720p or 1080p viewing modes and use the Chrome browser and the HTML5 video player. The Flash player (used in many other browsers, by default) does not appear to support 60 fps and just stops working.
However, if you wish to watch 3D clips on Youtube, then you probably still want to use the Flash-based video player – but it appears we probably will not be watching 60 fps in 3D. It’s possible as we can always upload side-by-side 3D videos in 60 fps mode, but the HTML5 player will display them in their original side-by-side format – you may have to manually switch your TV or monitor to side-by-side 3D mode in that case, in order to watch in 3D.