WOW – London 2012 Olympics could be Filmed in 3D

According to Roger Mosey, BBC’s director of the London 2012 Olympic Games which will be held at London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012, there could a possibility that the world-class sporting event will be filmed in 3D. Mosey told a group of journalists in Amsterdam it would be a shame if some footage was not in a 3D format, hinting that biggest sporting occasion would be the most exciting one ever in history.

“Nobody would expect the games of 2012 to be comprehensively in 3D because the technology will be nothing like widespread enough.

“But 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.

“The Olympic stadium may only exist in its full 80,000-plus capacity for a relatively short period.

However, not all events will be shown in 3D, probably due to escalating costs but it is known that at least a major portion of the games will be filmed using super high-definition cameras which has a resolution of 7680 × 4320 pixels. Existing HD televisions have a format of 1920 × 1080 pixels. As a result, we cannot view the high-quality images as most of ours homes would not have the equipment.

Mr Mosey said: “There won’t be a [super HD] set in your living room by 2012, but there could be a limited number of cameras and big screens that will give us a taste of the future – and could give a major creative boost to technologists and people thinking of the content of tomorrow.

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