3D TV Without the Glasses
By Chris Weiss
We’ve finally found a 3D display that we can get excited about in more than a “Wow, that looks awesome, but I’d never actually want it in my living room.” sort of way. We’ve become so accustomed to 3D TVs relying on glasses that we’ve largely written the technology off as interesting but not that attractive for real-life use.
At CeBIT, we’ll be introduced to a new 3D display that promises to offer broader appeal. The monitor comes from Singapore-based Sunny Ocean Studios. It’s a 27-inch display that’s capable of showing a 3D picture with 64 possible viewing angles. And you don’t need a stupid pair of glasses to enjoy it. That sounds like a 3D experience you could actually enjoy casually sipping a Heineken with your feet kicked back on the couch.
Armin Grasnick, founder and managing director, described the effort: “We are presenting a solution where the image appears to float spatially in front of the screen without the help of the usual aids like 3D glasses. By using 64 individual frames for the different perspectives in each 3D image for the first time, we can achieve a significantly improved 3D quality. We are even able to achieve this effect on standard monitors.”
Sunny Oceans says that it can produce the 3D displays in screen sizes up to 100 inches. We expect to see more of this one in March. [Press Release]
Thursday, February 4, 2010 4:47AM
I enjoyed watching avatar and the glasses didn't bother me , it was a small rice to pay for a fun experience , i am not too fussed about the glasses aspect as i am certain they will eventually disappear anyway , it may be better with the glasses in the early days, just as long as this technology gets up and running !
Sunday, February 7, 2010 4:36AM
I imagine the quality wouldn't be very good. Each frame would have to be 1/64th the size of a standard HD image. that's 240×135 pixels ( if you cut the screen into 8 by 8 ) or maybe they plan to broadcast using 64 times the bandwidth and have a screen that's 122880 by 1080.
1920 divided by 64 is 30. So if this screen is lenticular and HD then it has 30 lenses across it. A 27 inch screen is 23.5 inches wide. Divide that by 30 and each pixel will be 3/4 inch wide. It will look as good as a Philo Farnsworth TV from 1927. And who makes content cut into 64 slices?
Good luck with that I say.