What you need
The Stereo Stream 3D technology is the home 3D content solution from Convert23 that enables a full range of popular entertainment from PC games to the latest high definition 3D movies to be enjoyed on any display from 3D enabled DLP HDTVs to CRT TVs. Features include:
- Playing the latest PC games in 3D
- Watching the latest Hollywood movies in 3D
- Converting favorite 2D DVD movies into 3D automatically
- Enjoying sporting events in 3D
- Surfing the web in 3D
Three types of 3D displays
With Convert23 Stereo Stream technology you can watch 3D video on three types of displays:
1. High speed PC monitors and 3D ready TVs with frame rates of 120 Hz or better which work with active shutter glasses and infrared emitter.
2. Micro-polarizer PC monitors and TVs with circular polarized passive glasses.
3. Standard TVs and monitors using anaglyph (red and green) glasses.
Each type of display offers a different kind of Convert23 Stereo Stream 3D experience. High performance displays with active glasses provide the best image quality but are expensive and can be complicated to set up. Micro-polarizer displays are the easy to implement, require less hardware and use low cost, comfortable glasses but the number of displays currently available with this format are limited and the interleaved output sacrifices vertical resolution. Anaglyph technology is the easiest to setup, uses low cost glasses and will work on any display but sacrifices strong color reproduction.
Two ways to convert to 3D
Convert23 has a 3D solution for any display type. Stereo Stream software analyses the color, position and motion characteristics of objects in a sequence of 2D video frames and uses depth estimation to render stereoscopic views.
There are two ways to create and enjoy 3D content from any 2D video source:
1. Install the Convert23 3D Stereo Stream analyzer on your PC. The Convert23 Converter Pack includes two pairs of active 3D glasses, an infrared emitter, and Stereo Stream 3D conversion software. The Stereo Stream analyzer is compatible with Windows XP and Vista PCs and the graphics cards from nVidia and ATI capable of delivering high-resolution HDTV images.
2. Use Convert23’s Video Adapter unit that includes the Stereo Stream analyzer software, infrared emitter and two pairs of active 3D glasses for real-time 2D to 3D conversion. The adapter box captures video output from a DVD player, game box or the internet and enables any 2D video signal to be converted to stereoscopic 3D, in real-time during playback.
Stereo Stream Demonstration Program
Download a Convert23 Stereo Stream trial program here. After installing the the program you can watch your 3D videos or convert 2D videos to 3D and view them on a standard TV with anaglyph glasses. Click the following link to start the download.
Convert23 Installer.