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xyZ autostereoscopic display takes the glasses out of 3D for (relatively) cheap

by Richard Lawler Jul 6th 2009 @ 11:57AM


We still have no idea how to bring this tech home, but Zero Creative has recently been showing off its glasses free 3D setup, bringing 1080p 3D to events and retail locations near you. Overall this autostereoscopic display seems to be offering better contrast ratio (1,800:1) than the (now discontinued) WOWvx based Philips screens we were drooling over last year, at a much lower price of just €6,795 for the 46-inch version. We won't claim to understand how the lenticular lens works, but without a way to experience the 3D effect on your own screen you'll have to take the word of overly excited conference attendees on how impressive it is, videos are embedded after the break.

[Thanks, Addae]

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NY storefront hosts the first no-glasses 3D LCD ad

by Richard Lawler May 11th 2009 @ 10:58AM


Like 3D, don't like glasses? Check out 750 7th Avenue at 50th Street in New York for the Snickers display where Inwindow Outdoor and Alioscopy have teamed up for the first 3D LCD ad on a storefront. The 42-inch panel uses an 8x recorded autosteroscopic (read: no glasses) 3D process to make the catchphrase jump off the wall at passers-by. The installation debuted May 6, and for the small cost of being marketed to vs. the now-shelved €18,000 Philips screen we once lusted after, it's a cheap way for us to get a peek at the future.

Gallery: Glasses free 3D storefront ad

  • Long view - Patrick Chewing

Glasses-free 3D LCDs on the way from NEC

by Richard Lawler May 7th 2009 @ 10:52AM


Consider yourself moving closer to the no too far off in the distant future, now that the Nikkei has learned NEC is getting ready to bring its glasses-free horizontal double-density pixel 3D LCD displays to market. The first 12.1-inch models will probably have a home in arcade gaming machines, industrial design or surgery simulators when they launch early next year, but 3.1-inch versions for 3DTV on the go are in development as well. Of course they're only SVGA for now, but we'll be expecting slightly higher res once NEC works this tech up to larger sizes that can benefit from it. [Warning: registration required on read link]

Toshiba Matsushita Display teases handheld, high res, no glasses 3D

by Richard Lawler Jan 6th 2009 @ 4:27PM


We swore we wouldn't fall for tech demos of Toshiba Matsushita Display's sexy optically compensated bend LCDs and their CRT-like ultra wide viewing angles and high refresh rates ever again but by adding autostereoscopic 3D (read: no glasses necessary) we're falling in love all over again. By adapting a 3D film for use with 3- and 9-inch displays, this year's CES demo promises simultaneous 2D and 3D viewing on the same display in high res. How close is OCB's curved, rather than horizontally or vertically aligned liquid crystal approach to reality? Your guess is as good as ours but for now we'll wait for some eyes-on time and throw it on the wait-and-wait-and-see heap with SED and the rest.

Alioscopy's 40-inch 3DHD autostereoscopic LCD headed for CES: no glasses required

by Darren Murph Dec 18th 2008 @ 4:53PM


Mention 3D, and you'll get an enthusiastic shrug from most. Mention three little words in conjunction, and everything changes. In case you haven't guessed that magic trio, it's "no glasses required." We've seen the technology bandied about, but we're sensing that companies are about to get serious with it at CES 2009. Case in point: Alioscopy and TCL have tag-teamed in order to showcase the former's 3DHD autostereoscopic 3D LCD display (40-inch) and content creation technology in just under a month. There are no real details on the underlying juju, but you can bet we're stoked to see what it delivers in Vegas. Maybe those plans for a 3D Olympics in 2012 aren't all that loony after all?

Telefnica and Philips testing no-glasses-necessary 3D IPTV, got ?18,000 we can borrow?

by Richard Lawler Aug 14th 2008 @ 12:03AM


São Paulo, Brazil stand up, you're first in line for auto-stereoscopic (read: no glasses) 3D IPTV broadcasts courtesy of Telefónica/TVA and, we assume, that swank WOWvx-powered 1080p 52-inch Philips 3D HDTV promised to hit shelves by year end. Fortunately it now has a price, unfortunately, that price is €18,000 and requires you live in the Jardins neighborhood, hooked up to its fiber network in order to have the capacity to suck down all that 3D. Consumer accessibility is pegged at "inside three or four years", so you start saving, the SMPTE will figure out how to make it all work, and we'll sit back and remember how awesome Captain EO was that one time at Epcot Center. Everyone has to do their part.




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