The NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories are researching "Integral 3D TV", for capturing and displaying 3D video, as a prototype for a future broadcasting format.
The system works by using a lens array when filming the image with the Full Super Hi-Vision camera, then processing the footage to compensate for any distortion and then finally displaying the image via a lens array. As the system produces true autostereosopic images, there is no need to wear special 3D glasses.
Using a Super Hi-Vision projector with its native 8k resolution, the system can display parallax 3D video at a resolution of 400 × 250 pixels.
The image quality has been improved over previous prototypes by improving the lens array production technology as well as creating systems which compensate for distortion in the projected elemental images.
The NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories are working to enhance the image quality and develop image-processing technologies that will enable them to control the apparent depth of the reconstructed images, with the ultimate goal being an autostereoscopic Integral 3D broadcasting system.
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