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HBS converts with JVC
JVC Professional is pleased to announce that World Cup host broadcaster HBS is using its IF-2D3D1 stereoscopic image processor to convert select 2D shots into 3D for live transmission of twenty five World Cup matches.
Although the vast majority of coverage will be captured in native 3D, certain shots will be upconverted in order to deliver the best possible presentation of the action HBS
reveals.
“After weeks of tests in the run up to the World Cup, we finally decided to go with JVC 2D-to-3D conversion, although some specific shots may be adapted for 3D using the Sony MVS8000 vision mixer.” Peter Angell, HBS director of production and programming and FIFA special 3D project leader tells Broadcast Engineering.
The video effects function of the MVS8000 switcher can be used to split the image and create, what Angell terms, a “pseudo-3D” image from 2D cameras.
Both methods were trialed during the French Open tennis tournament in May by Can Communicate, the technical partner of HBS on the World Cup project.
“Our primary goal is to tell the story of the match as well as possible, but that doesn’t mean littering the coverage with 2D shots,” Angell states. “If there’s a particular incident which has only been captured on a 2D camera, or a 2D camera has the best angle, then, editorially, that shot is critical to the story, and we would be penalizing the viewer if that weren’t included.”
Article courtesy of Broadcast Engineering.
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