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News Release from: De Montfort University Leicester
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 15 March 2007
Project aims for
practical 3D television system
Project will also investigate ways in which 3D technology can enhance medical scans, allowing doctors and scientists to explore the resulting images in greater detail using 3D displays
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Three-dimensional television in the home could become a reality thanks to a multi-million-pound project to develop a new system led by researchers at De Montfort University Leicester. The Multi-User 3D Television Display (MUTED) project aims to develop a practical 3D television system, which has not been achieved before.
The project is worth Eur 4.5 million (roughly GBP 3 million) and is supported by Eur 3 million (about GBP 2 million) of funding from the European Commission's Framework 6 programme.
Researchers at DMU's Imaging and Displays Research Group (IDRG) are leading the work to create a 3D viewing experience without the need for special glasses.
Several viewers will be able to watch the screen at the same time and will also be able to move around the viewing room and still see 3D wherever they sit.
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No existing 3D display has successfully met all these requirements, which are considered essential for a practical 3D television system.
The project will also be investigating ways in which 3D technology can enhance medical scans, allowing doctors and scientists to explore the resulting images in greater detail using 3D displays.
There are six other participants in the consortium: Fraunhofer HHI, Germany; the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands; University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic; Sharp Laboratories of Europe; Biotronics3D; and Light Blue Optics.
The MUTED display will be the first system to use colour lasers, holographic projection technology and a new design of optical system to produce the image.
The two-and-a-half-year project was conceived by the IDRG, which has been active at DMU for more than 10 years and has established an international reputation for excellence.
Dr Ian Sexton, leader of the IDRG, said: 'Three-dimensional televisions have been developed before, but they have all had limitations'.
'This project is a major advance in that we aim to produce a television that is, for the first time, practical'.
'This will be a big step towards people being able to view three-dimensional television in the comfort of their own homes'.
'It will also explore the potential of the technology to help medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of patients by using 3D displays to view MRI and CAT scans, allowing the images to be examined in greater depth'.
He added: 'The team working on the scheme will contribute the equivalent of 30 person years of research effort between them to creating the new system over the course of the project'.
The MUTED funding from the European Commission is the latest in a string of projects which the IDRG have worked on over the past five years, worth more than GBP 10 million in total.
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