Next3D Announces Patent-pending Technology for Encoding and Universal Playback of Stereoscopic 3D Content

Next3D announced a patent-pending technology for highly efficient encoding and decoding of stereoscopic 3D video content. The company's Compound-Entropy Stereoscopic Encoder (CESE) greatly reduces the redundant information in the left and right-eye views of stereoscopic video. This process results in high-quality stereoscopic video that requires far less bandwidth to transmit than two independent eye-views.

Next3D's universal decoder/player provides high-quality stereoscopic video when used on PCs, game consoles and dedicated video processors found in consumer electronics and television set top boxes. The encoder/player works with Next3D's CESE format as well as the emerging Multi-View Coding standard (MVC), a version of MVC, which is enhanced by Compound-Entropy technology (MVC+CE), and a side-by-side format, which is enhanced by Compound-Entropy technology (SS+CE).

By working with the company's proprietary stereoscopic format as well as other emerging and popular standards, the Next3D universal decoder/player offers the customer a unified solution for viewing stereoscopic video. Additionally, content transmitted in CESE forms of MVC or side-by-side formats can be viewed with any standard-compliant decoder, without the enhancement. When viewed with the Next3D decoder/player, CESE provides improved stereoscopic fidelity and a superior viewing experience.

Source: PR Newswire