Video with Depth

Lifewolf writes: "A new technology from 3DV Systems uses pulsed infrared illumination to capture depth information for every pixel of a video stream. This allows for neat tricks like realtime keying without need for color backgrounds. JVC is already selling a product based on this, the ZCAM."

The downside:

[TheFlu]

"Once you capture live action footage in object video format, you can not only make it more visually engaging, but also sell advertising right in context of the live event."

Great, now you won't be able to distinguish between the show you're watching and the advertisement. Now when I'm watching TechTV, I can look forward to Britney Spears bouncing thru with a Pepsi at 30 second intervals.

I've already got realtime keying w/o color bg...

[undertoad]

it's called a dumb terminal.

Thank you.