Eclipse 3D


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The Eclipse 3D format is a new patent pending method of displaying full-color 3D images. This format uses four primary colors to superimpose the left and right eye images. One image is rendered in one primary color such as yellow while the other image is rendered in red, green and blue primary colors. The images are viewed with Eclipse colored filter glasses.
				Applications Digital Cinema Home and Business Projectors LCD and Plasma Displays DVD Movies Digital TV
An Eclipse compatible projector can display full-color 3D images on any white screen or surface. This provides a significant cost savings compared with polarized projection which requires a silver screen. Portable Eclipse projectors do not require carrying the screen with the projector. Any display implementing the four Eclipse primary colors can display full-color 3D images. This includes flat panel displays and digital projectors.				Advantages Full-Color 3D High viewer comfort Low cost 70% brightness retained Compatiable with many display types Single projector solutions Works with any projection screen Portable solutions Compatible with 2D viewing Increases the color gamut of 2D images Increases the brightness of 2D images
How Eclipse 3D Works When one eye views the full-color image and the other eye views the monochrome image, the mind perceives a full-color image (not half-color). The color comes from the full-color image. The depth comes from the monochrome image.
Why Eclipse 3D Displays are so Bright Creative use of the human visual system allows full-color 3D to be added to a display with little cost in brightness. In the Eclipse 3D format, the monochrome image is perceived with enhanced brightness sensitivity similar to night vision. Meanwhile, the full-color image is perceived with normal daylight vision. A balanced 3D image is obtained when the monochrome image is about 25% as bright as the full-color image. This represents a brightness gain of about 4X in the monochrome image. Some light sources in displays produce a surplus of yellow light. This surplus light can be used to display a second image. In this way, Eclipse 3D displays can minimize the loss of brightness to the fourth primary color. Eclipse 3D projectors can be four times as bright as comparable polarized projectors.
Seeing is Believing The Eclipse 3D image below is displayed in the side-by-side format. The left image is printed in a single primary color while the right image is printed in full-color. When the images are viewed with a stereoscope, a full-color 3D image is observed. (Note: If the combined 3D image has a red shift in the color, the red image is either too bright or not monochromatic enough. To improve the color, try putting a red filter over your left eye.) View more images here. In order to maximize the viewing comfort, the left and right images should be calibrated to the display device. The Eclipse 3D technology contains a patent pending method to calibrate the images to a display in order to maximize the viewing comfort. The image below assumes that the display produces an sRGB color profile. If the image is uncomfortable to view on your monitor, you might try a different monitor such as an LCD monitor.