Introduction
Until recently there was no such thing as stereoscopic television. It was a dream, a concept, but now it is a reality—a nascent medium that is being shaped by aesthetic, business, and technological forces.
The quest for 3D moving images is more than a century old, and the quest for 3D television has been evolving for most of that time. Early attempts at broadcast 3D TV were crude by today’s standards, but despite the inelegance of these solutions the dream didn’t falter. Part of what makes this story so interesting is the convergence of motion picture and television (or video) technology. Digital motion pictures are nothing more than technologically advanced video, and it’s this commonality that makes the transition from film ...
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