Basically, this is one and the same technology, though some devices might not playback both of them, and are capable of playing SBS or OU 3D only. OU 3D or sometimes Half-OU 3D stand for over-under, the technology when one picture is on the top and the second one is on the bottom. SBS 3D technology foresees two pictures shown next to each other – side-by-side, that’s what stands behind SBS.
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Without special glasses and a playback device, two separate pictures would remain 2 separate pictures for you, but once you wear special 3D glasses each eye would see just one picture and you would see the dimensional video.
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The whole concept of 3D is to show a picture to each of your eyes separately, and since you have 2 of them (I mean eyes), you have two pictures shown on the screen simultaneously.
3d movies for vr headset how to#
So what is SBS (side-by-side) and OU, Half-OU or top-bottom 3D and how to play them on Oculus\Gear VR? You might think that you did something wrong while encoding the video, however it’s not true (in 90% of cases). Instead of one picture, you would see two – one at the top and one at the bottom, and the only way to watch it somehow would be to close one eye. And if it’s not side-by-side movie, you would be disappointed. If you followed the steps from our previous article, converted and copied the file to your phone, you would probably expect to go to Oculus Video app and enjoy your movie. However, there is another problem associated with 3D movies and Oculus\Gear VR – how to playback top-bottom and side-by-side 3D in Oculus Video? The first problem you will bump into would be the absence of sound, since Gear VR and Oculus do not support DTS audio tracks – last time we explained how to convert your file, so that you would be able to watch it Oculus Video.
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3d movies for vr headset movie#
Even if you have purchased a digital copy of the movie and have a file on your computer, watching it in Oculus Rift or Gear VR would not be a plug-and-play procedure. Playing 3D movies is my favorite feature in VR headsets based on mobile phones, though it takes some time to figure out how to set everything up to enjoy a movie you have on a Blu-ray, since you can’t insert the disk into the phone.