Wednesday, September 3, 2008

3D Games and Movies without 3D Glasses

3Dwalkthroughs.com came across a story about a cafe in Australia that is testing a new technology which allows 3D games and movies to be viewed without using 3D glasses.

Customers of Beyond Internet Gaming can play a variety of video games in full 3D with images appearing to pop out of the computer screen.

The technology - known technically as autostereoscopy - was provided by 3D Motion's Chinese parent 3D Group, which in turn licensed it from a German company. A detailed explanation of how it works can be found here.

Image and Content Source: TheAge.com.au

With computer processers getting more powerful and the overall cost to create this technology decreasing, we are likely to see many more versions of this type of "goggle free" 3D technology. Phillips and Samsung have already demonstrated their version of this technology but have not set a commercial rollout date.

We will keep our eyes out for new developments.

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