3ality Digital has unveiled new software tools to make acquiring compelling S3D easier and more efficient than ever before. The IntelleCal and IntelleCam solutions, part of the 3space suite of products, were launched at IBC. IntelleCal automatically aligns the two cameras on a rig at the push of a button, which enables a superfast and […]
3ality Digital has unveiled new software tools to make acquiring compelling S3D easier and more efficient than ever before. The IntelleCal and IntelleCam solutions, part of the 3space suite of products, were launched at IBC.
IntelleCal automatically aligns the two cameras on a rig at the push of a button, which enables a superfast and precise set up without the intervention of a technician. It does this by profiling and matching lenses and performing alignment on five axes through the entire zoom range.
IntelleCam automatically controls the convergence and the interaxial spacing of the cameras, without the need for a separate convergence puller at each rig, cutting the number of personnel needed by half or more dramatically reducing costs.
Both solutions are integrated software solutions, used in conjunction with 3ality Digitals processing units and 3flex S3D camera rigs. IntelleCal uses the SIP and an additional processing unit, which is yet to be named.
With the introduction of the 3space products, 3ality Digital has vastly reduced the amount of crew and the cost involved in creating compelling S3D; since we started in this business IntelleCam is the one tool that every broadcaster has asked us to develop, said Steve Schklair, CEO and Founder of 3ality Digital.
IntelleCal speeds up the alignment process, which traditionally takes up to an hour to set, to five minutes and it does it automatically. These new products represent a quantum leap in how broadcasters and filmmakers are going to be able to capture S3D.
One of the biggest challenges for S3D has been the amount of technical equipment and expertise required to make it work and ensure it does not induce headaches and detract from the story. With IntelleCal and IntelleCam that is no longer the case. All the tests of the last few years have proven that there are no technical barriers to live 3D television. The issue is now much more of a business case, and these two new technologies will dramatically reduce and revolutionize the economics of 3D broadcasting.
The three new technologies will be demonstrated at IBC in different venues during the show. Schklairs key-note presentation in the RAI Big Screen Auditorium on Monday, September 12, at 1:30 pm will be the highlight where live volleyball being shot on the RAI beach will be used to demonstrate Intellecam and Intellecal will be demonstrated in the 3ality Digital booth at work stations, while Intellecam will be demonstrated in the Production Village.
