JAPAN: researchers develop 200in no-glasses 3D TV
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has announced that, working with engineers from JVC Kenwood, it has developed a 200in 3D display able to be viewed without glasses.
It's a development of the work we've covered recently, using multiple projectors to create the image: in the case of the latest version, the picture is made up of 57 images projected onto the screen using 64 projectors.
One problem with this technology has been the fact that vertical stripes could appear on the screen where the images meet up, but the researchers say that this problem has been solved using developments including a special film and lens on the screen.
Such technologies use the screen to direct the images to viewers' left and right eyes, allowing them to function like those old lenticular 3D still pictures.
At the moment, viewers need to be within an area around 1.3m wide in front of the screen to see the 3D image, but there are plans to widen this.
However, this will require even more projectors: the engineers say they hope to create a 4m wide viewing area with the use of 200 projectors.
With all that involved, it's unlikely this particular technology will become mainstream for home use any time soon: at the moment the plan is for field trials to start from 2013 following more development.
The main focus of the project will be on large displays for advertising and industrial uses such as 3D computer-aided product design.
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I WANT TWO!!!! One for each eye...
Pave the way? At CES glasses free TVs were on show, can't remember the brand, may have been samsung but I know for sure it wasn't SONY, they still believe that tech is 5 years away. They ofc say that so as not to stunt sales.
Their 60" TVs were even said to be released before end of the year. They also sported a glasses-free 3D laptop. The camera detects your face and adjusts the image specifically for you, no multiple users detection, yet.
Hopefully this new technology will pave the way for large screen no-glasses 3d tv's for home use. My main reason why i have not gone down the 3D route myself is that i do not like to wear glasses whilst i watch tv but hopefully it seem's like in the near future there will be no need for the glasse's but until then i'm happy with what i've got.
Imagine that on your wall!!!