On the 3D bandwagon with everyone else it seems, LG was spotted sporting a Full HD 3D Monitor in South Korea recently. While it sure does look pretty and promising, there doesn’t appear that it offers any breakthrough image quality or effects. The most unfortunately point is the fact that you still have to wear 3D glasses to “get it.”
Seoul, Korea (May 27, 2009) – LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220], a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced today that it has succeeded in developing a Full HD 23-inch 3D LCD panel with enhanced brightness for monitors.
The 3D panel employs LG Display’s proprietary technology to realize Full HD images with twice the brightness of conventional 3D LCD panels. The product boasts the world’s highest brightness among 3D displays.
This is some pretty sweet technology. It’s not ready for consumer prime time just yet, as this Alioscopy glasses-free 3D display is being marketed specifically for commercial uses at present; however, this is certainly a sign of things to come.
A special lenticular lens, attached to the LCD display, completes the autostereoscopic effect. The Alioscopy technology opens new frontiers for digital signage, advertising, medical and design visualization, gaming, concerts, trade shows and events – and even a way for cinemas to promote upcoming stereoscopic 3D films in the lobby, without having to issue 3D glasses.
Panasonic is in the process of developing a twin-lens camcorder that is intended to capture Full HD 1080p video as 3D footage. This is part of its professional 3D Full HD production system.
Panasonic is really pushing the 3D tech hard. It’s good for them to get out in front of the curve with R&D because as consumer demand grows, studios and filmakers are going to be looking for the easiest manner in which to churn out 3D content. So, kudos to Panasonic for getting our 3D TV here faster.
The Consumer Electronics Association is putting together a working group to develop standards for 3D glasses. Interestingly, CEA notes a recent study that reflects more than 26 million households are interested in 3D content. Just another sign of the times.
NEC has recently released a new DLP Cinema Projector, the NC2500S, to get it out to theaters in time for Disney’s new movie Up. One of the key features of the new projector is tha ability to present 3D content from a single project, which eliminates the need for a second projector – hence the push to get it out in time for Disney’s Up.
PureDepth has announced that volume production of 12.1-inch multi-layer 3D displays (“MLD”) was set to begin last week. The displays are comprised of 2 LCD screens a few inches apart, which makes it possible to display a 3D image without using goofy 3D glasses. Some of the advantages of PureDepth’s MLD 3D techonology:
(1) Viewers do not experience the side effects common to 3D images, such as dizziness, headache and eyestrain. (2) Resolution is not compromised even when images are displayed in 3D. (3) Two-dimensional (2D) images of, for example, characters can be displayed in combination with and at the same time as 3D images. (4) There is no distinct border of the viewable angle (the angle at which images appear in 3D).
The gCubic 3D device is back. This time it’s got more displays. Instead of three 3D displays that we saw on the first generation, it now has six 3.5-inch VGA (640 x 480 pixels) LCD panels.
Mitsubishi recently introduced a price 3D-Ready TV that operates via lasers. According to Mitsubishi the LaserVue TV features twice the color gamut of current HDTVs. The “3D-Ready” spec is interesting because Mitsubishi disclaims any 3D standard noting, “A 3D standard format does not currently exist for Blu-Ray or DVD prepackaged media.” You’ll still have to wear your red/blue glasses in order to watch 3D content on the LaserVue TV.
In addition to delivering fantastic color the Mitsubishi LaserVue TV will also save you on energy costs due to the lower power consumption from the lasers, which apparently also last forever. Maybe these specs will be enough to justify the introductory price tag of about $7000.
The Musion Eyeliner Holographic Projection technology (sometimes also called holograms) is an amazing spectacle to behold. This tech offers entertainment and communication potential previously only found in sci-fi movies. With holographic projection, you get the sense that a person or object is actually present through a three dimensional display that doesn’t necessarily project “out” at you like a tradition 3D movie. Rather, a holograph appears to occupy space and contain actual volume.
Musion Eyeliner System incorporates some very simple video principles and all equipment used is readily available in both the American and European rental markets.
The primary components of a Eyeliner set up are:
A video projector, preferably DLP with an HD card/minimum native resolution of 1280 x 1024 and brightness of 5000+ lumens.
For smaller cabinet installations, a high quality TFT Plasma or LCD screen can also be used.
A hard-disc player with 1920 x 1080i HD graphics card, Apple or PC video server, DVD player.
Musion Eyeliner Foil + 3D set/drapes enclosing 3 sides
Lighting and audio as required
Show controller (on site or remote)
Subjects are filmed in HDTV and broadcast on to the foil through HDTV projection systems, driven by HD Mpeg2 digital hard disc players, or uncompressed full HDTV video/Beta-Cam players.
The gCubik is a 3D technology that brings great potential to 3D technologies and has the possibility of showing off three dimensional objects in a 360 degree view. Created by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), the device could see uses in science, business, and videogames.
The gCubik is a 3D technology that brings great potential to 3D technologies and has the possibility of showing off three dimensional objects in a 360 degree view. Created by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), the device could see uses in science, business, and videogames.
