Lightspeed Design, Inc.- DepthQ® Stereoscopic has just completed the system integration and installation of a new stereoscopic HD 3D visualization lab for the Seattle office of Parsons Brinckerhoff. With 150 locations worldwide, Parsons Brinckerhoff is one of the world's leading planning, engineering, and construction management organizations.
The DepthQ® stereoscopic HD 3D system consists of:
DepthQ® Polarization Modulator - Small Circular 80x86 mm
Passive circular polarized 3D glasses
Automated Modulator Mount - to easily switch from 3D to 2D visualization
Stewart Filmscreen 150 rear projection polarization preserving screen
Da-Lite bounce mirror
ProjectionDesign F10 AS3D single lens HD 3D projector.
The following video and images offer a comprehensive walk through of the installed system:
Visualization Lab with Stewart Filmscreen 150 rear projection polarization preserving screen.
Equipment room behind rear projection screen showing relative positions of the screen (along left edge of photo), projector and bounce mirror.
Projector mount relative to rear projection screen. Note that the projector faces away from the screen and shoots into a bounce mirror creating a longer throw allowing for a larger image.
Da-Lite bounce mirror.
ProjectionDesign F10 AS3D single lens HD 3D projector.
DepthQ® Polarization Modulator with automated mount allowing the modulator to move from in front of the lens with the push of a button for easy switching between 3D and 2D viewing.
DepthQ® Polarization Modulator automated mount control unit.
DepthQ® Polarization Modulator in 3D position.
DepthQ® Polarization Modulator in 2D position.
Server running DepthQ® Player™ with crosstalk reduction code (ghost busting).
Lightspeed Design, Inc. was tapped by Gali-3D (Producer) to film the Jack Daniel's distillery in stereoscopic HD-3D for a European event marketing campaign designed by the international ad agency Arnold Worldwide in cooperation with Arnold Prague public relations company.
Lightspeed filmed the distillery, located in Lynchburg, TN., in DepthQ® Stereoscopic over four days in April 2010 capturing the step by step, time-honored traditional process of creating Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey. The raw footage was delivered to Gali-3D for post production and editing. The final event marketing piece will be shown at music festivals across Europe in a small, portable 3D theatre using the DepthQ® Polarization Modulator and passive polarized 3D glasses.
Lightspeed's Senior Technology Manager Dan Lawrence and VP of Technology Kirk Melby prepare the DepthQ® Stereoscopic Rig for a 3D shoot at Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
The Lightspeed crew captures Master Distiller Jeff Arnett in 3D as he evaluates the alcohol content of whiskey flowing from an active copper still by evaporating it between his hands - an authentic, time-honored technique passed on from the Master Distiller before him.
Kirk Melby adjusts the DepthQ® Stereoscopic Rig before a long dolly shot along the clear, iron-free water flowing from Jack's limestone cave stream - the ultimate source of every drop of Jack Daniel Whiskey ever bottled.
DepthQ® captures Master Taster Jeff Norman using an old manual hand drill to sample the contents of a candidate barrel of Single-Barrel whiskey on the seventh floor of this all-wooden warehouse. Less than half of 1 percent of all Jack Daniel's whiskey earns the distinction of being labeled "Single Barrel Whiskey".
New tests have been successfully completed calibrating the DepthQ Polarization Modulator and also our in-house developed crosstalk algorithm for use with Digital Cinema projectors. Special thanks to our local friends for giving us access to their beautiful theater for testing.
Click the link below to see the featured article in the June '10 issue of Rental and Staging magazine titled "Dimensional Communications and Lightspeed Design Deliver 3D Film for Mercedes-Benz’ NY Auto Show Exhibit".
