RE: RE: Onward march of 3D TV: new studyThe toughest 3D imaging critics in the world, bar none, are surgeons. Our single lens, single camera 3D technology was pioneered in endoscopy on live patients in the 90s. Here's a peer-reviewed medical paper on initial experience in endoscopy with 3D. Our name when those operations were done was International Telepresence. In those days we used IMAX active glasses which were synchronised to the display monitor's image.
https://www.isee3d.com/PDF/Peerreview-whitepaper_MD_study.pdf
I have viewed hundreds and hundreds of hours of our 3D without eyestrain whatsoever over the years with both active and passive glasses using our single lens, single camera techgnology.
The issue, I believe, is not the modern 3D ready TVs. I was at CES in January and the leading brands show 3D superlatively. The issue is how the 3D is produced - and 99% is with conventionalk twin lens, twin camera systems or computer generated.
It is very tricky and expensive to get it right using conventional 3D imaging systems. Twin lenses can be mismatched, misaligned, even spots of rain can upset them. Similarly twin sensors have to be performing identically with identical output, otherwise your eyes will be getting different input that can rapidly cause eyestrain and nausea such as one image being brighter!
Right now we are into HD 3D with our single lens, single camera system. It has the same sublimely comfortable imaging as when we were producing 3D in the operating rooms. We view it with RealD passive glasses which are excellent. Personally, I can't wait until there's a clip-on version as I am a glasses wearer like many people. Very quickly, as 3D enters our homes, pairs of these will be lying by the controller, like we have sunglasses around the home (not needed today in Vancouver!).
Obviously, I'll keep an eye on that Russian research (which, I suspect, related to conventional 3D technology) as I will the progress of autostereoscopic (no glasses) displays which are getting better and better, but won't be, I believe, mainstream for at least five or more years. I can only watch the ones i have seen for very short periods.
Best wishes to all. Nigel Horsley.