VisuMotion supports Philips' WOWvx format to Leverage 3D Visualisations

Germany-based VisuMotion GmbH has signed licence agreements in the past week with the Netherlands-based electronics corporation Philips. Under the agreements, VisuMotion has the opportunity to use some of Philips worldwide patents and technologies regarding processing of 3D content based on 2D-plus-Depth information, such as implemented in the WOWvx format of Philips. Thus, remarkable opportunities are opened up for VisuMotion for future software sales making use of the licensed technologies.

Besides VisuMotion is now preparing the next generation of its software products that will support the Philips defined WOWvx file format for 3D pictures and videos which is based on 2D-plus-Depth information. Thus, the most important products of the Jena based company will drive Philips' glasses-free 3D screens. The list of manufacturers of 3D-displays that can be powered by VisuMotion's software and 3D contents is hence enhanced to include 12 worldwide leading manufacturers.

The use of glasses-free 3D displays is rapidly increasing worldwide, particularly for digital signage applications, 3D gaming, research and development as well as for medicine and Virtual Reality setups. Independent market researchers do foresee a worldwide turnover of 3D products of several 100,000,000 Euros as early as in 2010.

VisuMotion's product portfolio includes a multi-view 3D camera, 3D Rendering Plug-ins for Autodesk's 3D Studio Max and Maya, the Compositing and Editing Software "3D StreamLab", the 3D Application Driver "DeepOutside3D" supporting inter alia various 3D-games as well as the 3D video playback software "3D Movie Center".

Source: Stereoscopy