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White Paper: A Survey of 3D Sync IR Protocols

Phil Lelyveld

Entertainment Technology Center

By Andrew Woods and Jesse Helliwell, Curtin University, Australia

March 31, 2011

Contents

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3

Testing Method ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4

3D Sync Protocols Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………….5

CrystalEyes Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter) ……………………………………………………………………………….. 6

NuVision Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter)……………………………………………………………………………………7

Xpand Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter) ………………………………………………………………………………………. 8

H3D / ELSA protocol (Stand‐alone emitter) ……………………………………………………………………………….. 9

NVIDIA Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter)…………………………………………………………………………………….10

Samsung 2007 Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter)………………………………………………………………………….11

Samsung 2010 Protocol (Internal TV Emitter)……………………………………………………………………………11

Panasonic Protocol (Internal TV emitter)………………………………………………………………………………….12

Sony Protocol (Stand‐alone emitter)………………………………………………………………………………………..13

DLP LinkTM Protocol (visible light ‐ internal) ………………………………………………………………………………14

Discussion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15

Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………… 16

Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………. 16

References ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………… 16

See the full whitepaper here: http://cmst.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/pubs/2011-17-woods-helliwell-3D-Sync-IR.pdf

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