Instant messaging and
video-calling service Skype is reportedly working on the prospects of 3D video
calling and the current limitations with the 3D technologies stopped the
company from launching the feature.
Microsoft's corporate vice-president for
Skype, Mark Gillett said that the lab experimentation has been done to analyse
the capability of 3D screens and 3D capture.
Gillett said that there has been a lot of
progress in screens and people have started to buy televisions and computer
monitors capable of delivering 3D image, but there is a lack of 3D capture
devices and the company has been working on just that, BBC reports.
According to the report, the vice-president
said that Skype is working with the technology where multiple cameras need to
be attached to the computer, precisely calibrate them and point them at the
right angle and are now aiming at using that technology to make it work in
practical with supporting devices.
Gillet agreed with Hollywood director James
Cameron who said that all forms of entertainment will eventually be 3D but
warned that 3D video chats will take longer to catch on than other uses.
He further added that the penetration of 3D
technology would be more on televisions and computers before eventually
reaching the smartphone market, the report added.
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