Olympics in 3D

BBC to test 3D TV at 2012 London Olympics

LONDON - The BBC plans to experiment with 3D TV during the 2012 London Olympics.

Roger Mosey, the director of the BBC's 2012 Olympics operation, said in a speech to the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam, said the BBC should be looking to capture some of the Games in 3D.

He said: ‘It would be a shame not to have any images of London that were part of an experiment with what will be one of the next big waves of change.'

Mosey said if the part of the coverage was not captured in 3D it could leave a major gap in the archive.

The corporation is also looking to use super high definition cameras to record some of the Games despite the technology to receive these images not yet being available to consumers.

He said he hoped to give spectators ‘a taste of the future' and deliver such images on screens at live events.

source : marketingmagazine.co.uk