What is a good 2D to 3D conversion program?

[MalickT]

Please recommend a good programm to convert 2D.mkv to 3D.mkv. (side by side). I have pretty good CPU so conversion time is not an issue, i dont mind if it takes a week, the best result is my goal.

[Atak_Snajpera]

2d to 3d is like converting mono sountrack to stereo. impossible.

[Ghitulescu]

You your TV to do this.

[Adub]

They do have players that convert 2D sources to 3D on the fly, but they aren't "real".

Think about it, you are trying to add another camera's worth of data along side the main camera, without actually having the camera. If you have fairy dust, that might work (and I want some).

[Audionut]

LG tv's have a 2D to 3D option. It actually works surprisingly well.

[DeeGee]

Do they have some kind of motion detection based system? Like the faster a object moves across screen, the closer it's positioned? Might be good enough fake for most of the time.

[Dark Shikari]

I've seen the LG one in action; unfortunately, because it works based on motion, it's not really good enough. The 3D can be very jarring at times, with the depth of objects appearing to dramatically change when the scene's motion does. A good example would be when playing a video game -- when the camera moves, the 3D converter will add depth, but when the camera stops moving, the motion information disappears and the video goes back to flat. Since there's so much switching between motion and non-motion, I don't really feel like it's usable.

[Rumbah]

Another method is to send one eye a stretched version of the previous picture I guess. Then your brain will do the conversion ;) .

But I have to admit I forgot the name of the effect and I cannot recall any details.

EDIT: Ah, found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulfrich_effect

[gyth]

Send a blank image to one eye and let the brain sort out the monocular depth cues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception#Monocular_cues) from the other eye?

[eddman]

I still don't understand why anyone would want to watch a video in "fake" 3D.

[Adub]

I have to agree with eddman. Many of the 3D movies that are being produced today are actually converted after the fact. There are very few movies that are completely shot in 3D (with James Cameron's Avatar being the primary one).