Home Theater Circular Screen Example (2.35:1 Aspect Ratio)

[counterbond]

would 3d look proper on this seeing as it was designed to be on a flat screen?

[BHawthorne72]

@counterbond 3D works just fine for me even on 180 degree gaming.

[kthx1138]

Wow (chills down spine). This is definitely the way to watch movies. Cinerama features would look properly displayed on this. Congratulations on this magnificent achievement!

[oalternativo]

Nice! Curved screens usually require some software to reshape the picture from a Blu-ray or DVD, in order to give it a "smilebox" shape. Without it, the picture will look distorted on a curved screen.

Do you use a soft of such kind?

[BHawthorne72]

@oalternativo Yes, read the video description.

[kresh43]

to wat degrees is the curvature? cinerama makes it to 146deg.....i wish i cud get it to 160deg and make my vision filled wid cinema XD

[BHawthorne72]

@kresh43 This video is quite old. I've since gone through 5 or so total revisions of the screen. No idea what FOV it used back then as that screen is no longer in assembled form. My current screen is a popup frame. Also since this video was done I now use bicubic pre-warping and edge blending (which wasn't in this video).

[bujoun76]

That screen is bigger than my livingroom!

[railerswim]

You need to depress the impression lines on that curve

[sams64sf]

About how much space does this take up? I have a small living room but currently can barely fit a 100" flat projector screen at the minimum throw distance for my epson. I'm wondering if it would be possible for me to achieve this.

[BHawthorne72]

@sams64sf The problem with Epsons are the lens throw. You need a projector with a lens throw of 0.49:1 to 0.7:1 to achieve that large of a projection. Short throws are typically in the $500-800 price range and are 1280x800 @ 120 hz 720p 3D capable. Check out BenQ, Optoma and Viewsonic for short throws that allow that big of a projection in a short distance.

[byrondealz]

Will this work with Blu ray?

[BHawthorne72]

@byrondealz Yes, PowerDVD should work fine with NTHUSIM. We used a version of PowerDVD in the AMD meeting area at CES 2011 with dual projector.

[DraganP84]

Now this is epic. 

[360kal]

does this make it 3d

[BHawthorne72]

@360kal The only way to do triple projection in stereographic 3D is to use three NVIDIA certified projectors and 3D Vision Surround. I purchased my projectors before 3D Ready spec hit the market, so my projectors aren't 120hz capable -- which is one of the key requirements for stereograpgic 3D projection using 3DVS.

[Anima87]

@BHawthorne72 Hi dude, nice setup - can you use a circular screen with a regular projector?

[BHawthorne72]

@Anima87 I use regular projectors. In order to get full coverage of the screen I have to use three projectors side-by-side though and align and edge blend them together with NTHUSIM. I can watch video and play any games that handle regular Eyefinity resoltuons though with the setup.

[Geornsk]

I checked NTHUSIM site,cool setups your including

[Geornsk]

Very nice setup man,can't wait to see gameplay videos :)

[BHawthorne72]

@Geornsk I really want to redo the existing game videos I have once I work out the setup that works good for low light video capture. My current cameras are driving me nuts with quality issues capturing low light. I also want to sound deaden the room with black carpeting to kill that evil cement floor and wall echo with the 5.1 sound system.