SD&A; 2015 Keynote: Ian Bickerstaff, Sony Computer Entertainment (UK) [9391-50]

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This presentation was delivered at the 26th annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications conference (9-11 February 2015) held in San Francisco, USA. ***Please note the important information below the description, which provides information on how to use one of a few special methods to view the presentation in glorious 3D. More presentation videos are available at: http://www.stereoscopic.org/2015/program.html A Stereoscope for the PlayStation Generation [9391-50] Ian Bickerstaff, Sony Computer Entertainment (United Kingdom) Ian Bickerstaff from Sony Computer Entertainment gave this wonderful presentation, which discussed some of the interesting technology challenges of presenting stereoscopic 3D images in a head-mounted display in anticipation of the upcoming release of the Sony Project Morpheus VR headset. The presentation was fully shown in stereoscopic 3D and used the 3D visuals to maximum effect to give the audience an "in-depth" explanation of the topic. Ian Bickerstaff is the technical director of Sony Computer Entertainment's Immersive Technology Group and is a founder member of their move into virtual reality, Project Morpheus. His background is in stereoscopic 3D and visual simulation. For 15 years, he worked in the aerospace industry, developing immersive displays for military flight simulators. He also played a major part in developing the world's first Formula 1 driving simulator for a top motor racing team. At Sony, after developing virtual camera systems for a major driving game, he helped to introduce stereoscopic functionality to the PlayStation 3 platform. He is now producing technology to bring virtual reality to the living room. ***Unfortunately the 3D feature of YouTube is in a bit of flux at the moment so you'll need to follow these instructions on how to use one of a few special methods described below to view the presentation in glorious 3D. By way of background, the YouTube web browser player used to contain a selection of options to allow 3D videos in a wide range of different 3D modes but since that player migrated from Flash to HTML5, those options have disappeared. But fear not! There are still various ways to watch the video in 3D. Here they are: 1. Watch the video on a 3DTV with the mode switched to 3D side-by-side input format. This is probably the easiest method and should work with a smart TV's internal YouTube player or a Google ChromeCast or even connected to a laptop. 2. Watch the video on a Nintendo 3DS using the internal web browser. Again you'll need to set the player to use 3D side-by-side input format mode. Here's a video explaining how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnB4Tp2GGpA 3. Watch the video on an LG Optimus 3D smartphone, LG Thrill 3D smartphone, or HTC EVO 3D smartphone. 4. Launch Google Chrome on your computer and watch the video in anaglyph 3D. Google Chrome is currently hard-wired to play YouTube 3D videos in anaglyph 3D mode. 5. Follow this link to force the video to playback using the legacy Flash player: https://www.youtube.com/v/lMaHcTdd-Os This gives you back all the old 3D controls. You can do this for any 3D video – just follow these instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdldUlyjpX4 If you're aware of another way of watching a YouTube 3D video in 3D, please let us know on the SD&A; Linkedin group: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=1945944 Similarly we'd be interested to hear your feedback on how 3D videos come up on different platforms - PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, stone tablet, etc. Similarly please post your experiences to the SD&A; Linkedin group. Does the aspect ratio come up correctly, etc. I will collate responses to provide feedback to YouTube. Not a member of the SD&A; Linkedin group? Join now – it’s free: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=1945944 If you want to watch the video in boring old 2D, what's wrong with you? Seriously!?! ;-)