Overview: 3D Video from Capture to Display

In recent years, Two Dimensions (2D) video has been quite developed, in many aspects particularly in their display device, the quality of their content, and enter the interactive element with the end user. All these enhancements have shifted the attention from 2D to Three Dimensions (3D) video. A novel feature called depth is added to the 2D video given it better immersive experiences to viewers than normal 2D video. Stereoscopy term refers to two classical 2D videos that are captured and delivered simultaneously to the users. This procedure is considered the first generation of 3D video. A 3D video has been applied in many areas that covered a wide range of personal and social activities, where it is obtainable in Television (TV), cinemas, mobile phones, games, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), etc. Art Production of the 3D video is difficult, where many different skills are required whether technical, creative, and psychological. The perception and display capabilities are taken into account also. In this paper, a general overview of the 3D video processing steps are introduced presenting its content creation techniques, representation methods, coding techniques, rendering procedures, and finally display devices. All these steps are discussed in this paper in more details. In addition to a simple comparison between imaging techniques is presented where the final Three Dimensions video is produced for the end users.