3DTV Without Glasses, Coming Soon?
Written by Ender on August 21, 2009 · Filed under Tech, TV/Movies
I went out for a meal at Xscape in Castleford last night, and thought I’d have a stroll around to let my food settle. I reached the back of the complex and noticed something odd about some of the TV’s that were playing videos……………they were projecting 3D images and I didn’t even have glasses on!!!
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I didn’t think this technology was available just yet, I knew that Sky 3DTV is coming in 2010, but you needed glasses for that. Of course you’d need a 3DTV, but why do we need glasses anymore if this technology is available?
The image I saw in 3D was the logo of Xscape with small purple spheres moving around the logo. It did appear to come out of the screen and I was stood like a gormless idiot waiting for the clip to come round again. It was only about 40 seconds until I had to wait, but I watched it about 10 times!! It had normal flat images on in-between so it can project both.
The make of the TV was ‘NewSight’, which is a company I’ve never heard of before. But upon doing some research, Philips also does their own 3DTV’s under the Dimensional Studios name.
From looking at the specs, most of them are full 1080p TV’s, but they’re all High Definition. The image I saw last night was surprisingly clear from different angles but still has room for the improvement for it too look as clear as ‘flat’ High Definition images look on normal screens.
Of course, they are very pricey and there’s no way I’ll be getting one unless I win the lottery. I would’ve thought that you’d only be able to watch certain things that have been filmed for 3D, rather than converting anything into 3D. But the fact that the technology is out there could mean to whole 3D glasses thing, could soon be disappearing and we can sit and watch in a bit more comfort. Could this also mean that certain cinema screens might be upgraded to project this image? Only time will tell.
Have you seen or heard of these before or are you as intrigued as I am to see more about 3DTV without glasses? Let us know either way in the comments below.
We have a much better auto-stereo 3d system than Newsight, we can also convert live action 2D content to 3D to be viewed with or without glasses.
well it would be a good idea but the technology is there but wont be available for at least another 5 – 10 years.
Don`t you think that the companies like imax would of thought of this technology by now, I mean the cheapest imax screen costs nearly £550.000 and each pair of imax 3D glasses around $100 per pair from america plus import fees.
But in the end it would be great if you could watch 3D without glasses.
Nintendo have just released the Nintendo 3DS.
This technology has been around since the 80`s but only works on a small screen basis, and nintendo have been developing this technology to work on that strength.
But I do agree that the idea would be suitable as current 3D glasses do make you feel sick and dizzy if used for long periods of time.
Trouble is, technology is becoming to advanced for us to cope with and i quote that it should slow down slightly so we can get used to the current status of technology.