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3-D films enhance the illusion of depth perception, thus time in the history of space travel. This occurred in
bringing a feeling of realism to the audience. The extra 2011, and showed the space station like never before.
dimension offered by this technology sparked a wish The design and development of ERB were the catalyst
to report on life and work on the ISS in 3-D. for the spin-off company 3D-ONE, which now produces
ESA counted on European industry to build a 3-D low-cost but high-end 3-D cameras that are sold
space camera. Two small European companies worldwide. The spin-off company customizes the
miniaturized the electronics and developed software cameras to meet the specific needs of its customers
based on their digital image expertise from microgravity in areas as diverse as forensics, medicine, surveillance
research rockets to deliver the Erasmus Recording and quality monitoring. By adding hyperspectral
Binoculars (ERB-1 and ERB-2) for ESA. The camera capability gleaned from space to a camera, the
was not much larger than a shoebox, and contained possibilities multiply—its fine resolution and wide
high-definition optics and advanced electronics. range of wavelengths have applications in agriculture,
It produced live-streaming 3-D images for the first biomedicine, geosciences and surveillance.

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