Watch 3D Without The Silly Glasses
Texas Instruments introduces a new chipset that promises High-Def 3D - without wearing the ridiculous glasses
Texas Instruments showed off a tablet-sized device with a 3D display that doesn't require glasses, running on an existing TI OMAP3 chipset. The company also promised high-def, 3D movies with its new OMAP4 chips.
The 3D demo showed images and video in 3D by using a standard 120-Hz LCD with a special overlay film from 3M that can direct images either towards your left or right eye.
By flickering two images very quickly – running at 60 frames per second rather than the usual 30 – the display transmits a different picture to each eye, creating a simulated 3D image. Still images looked good to me, with some depth, though movies weren't quite as convincing.
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Those aren't what 3D glasses look like any more! 3D glasses nowadays look like big sunglasses, nothing like those stupid white paper red/blue ("anaglyph") glasses in the photo. Come on!
There are already "auto-stereoscopic" displays that don't require glasses, but they're small and have a very small sweet spot where only one viewer can see the effect, not to mention a ghosting effect where each eye can see a bit of the other eye's image.
Auto-stereoscopic displays for more than one viewer are a long ways away-- your next 3D TV will need 3D glasses, so get used to them. They're not that bad!
I'm sure you're right. But even with fancy designer glasses, I don't believe 3D will ever capture a mass audience until they can figure out a way to get rid of the glasses requirement.
I have enough problem keeping track of my "readers," the last thing I need is another pair of glasses.
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