Developer 3D technology ISee3D Inc., Vancouver, has introduced a modified lens solution that is expected to bring 3D to more markets, such as consumer, automotive, industrial, and medical devices.
ISee3D introduced a modified lens solution that cuts 3D down to size and increases frame rates, for the first time making practical a range of applications.
"We were the first to introduce single lens 3D camera technology, simplifying the process in which people capture 3D," says company CEO Tom Mitchell. "The latest capabilities advance the state of single lens 3D and will provide important benefits for consumer, industrial and medical markets."
The advanced new technology dramatically reduces the thickness of the elements to fractions of a millimeter, making it possible to use the technology with a wider variety of lenses and reducing the space required. ISee3D technology is optimal for equipping webcams, high magnifications microscopes, endoscopes, 4 and 5K cameras and consumer camcorders; i.e. devices where space is at an absolute premium and performance is critical - with 3D capabilities. In the field of endoscopy, the ability to capture 3D images through a smaller device enables less invasive surgeries, and a new ISee3D innovation in this field allows a 3D endoscope to produce as much or more light as a 2D device of the same size.
ISee3D has also patented technologies that enable the simultaneous capture of stereoscopic image pairs from a single lens to a single image sensor.