STEREO VIDEO | How to Generate Stereoscopic 3D Video Using Cheap Board Cameras STEREO VIDEO:How to Generate Stereoscopic 3D Video Using Cheap Board Cameras --> (Click to expand) Table of Contents Download How to Order Email View live stereo video using 3D glasses on a TV or VGA monitor. No software or computer needed. When you drive, do you close one eye while you navigate through traffic? Of course not. (At least, I hope not.) Because there's a reason we have two eyes. A pair of eyes allows us to see depth, to see that we'll crunch the corner of that truck in front of us if we don't turn the wheel just a little more. If you have ever put a camera on a radio-controlled vehicle, you can understand how hard it is to really see where you're going. The depth cues that tell you where you are in relation to other objects just aren't there in a two-dimensional picture. However, if you add a second camera, you can tell that far things are far, and near things are in your way. The world becomes three-dimensional. But there are important problems to be solved when adding that second camera. For example: How do you combine the two pictures to get a 3-D view? How do you do it cheaply, and with commonly available materials, tools and skills? And what about computer vision? How do you format video so it can be used to get depth information for robotics applications? That's what STEREO VIDEO is all about. STEREO VIDEO is the result of a six-month project to develop a cheap way to generate stereo video. This book will show you how to add 3D-video capability to your next surveillance, machine vision, telepresence or radio control project. Build a stereo camera into an R/C vehicle, and you will be able to not just watch where your vehicle is going, but see where it's going, as if you're riding along! Build a stereo video camera that mounts next to the bird feeder, and see them in a way no ordinary camera can show you. With stereoscopic 3D, it's almost better than being there! Move a jumper on the circuit board and use the camera as the 3-D video source for stereo ranging. The book contains over 50 8½" x 11" pages, over 40 drawings, diagrams and photographs, and online sources for cameras, components and equipment. Describes: How to identify board cameras useable for stereo 3D How to modify cameras to synchronize timing How to construct a stereo video camera module How video is formatted for use by robot vision software The book includes schematics, parts lists and ExpressPCB artwork files. Get the key concepts. Download Section 2. To give you an idea of how the system works, you can download Section 2 of the book: How the System Works. You will need Adobe Acrobat® Reader to open it. Section 2 explains how to synchronize two board cameras and how to combine their outputs to form a single video stream. It also describes the equipment and components needed to view stereo video on a television and on a VGA monitor. The Table of Contents page is available here, and finally, you can click here to find out how you can order a copy of STEREO VIDEO. Last updated December 22, 2002. Please send comments, suggestions and questions to: stereo-video@worldnet.att.net.