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As a 3D enthusiast, I am glad they are coming out with LCDs that can do 120 Hz -- the NVidia drivers for LCD shutter glasses have been very buggy lately (probably as a consequence of the fact that nobody has CRT monitors that can do 120 Hz anymore).

An alternate technology to consider is the passive polarized LCD monitor such as the Arisawa P240W (and its cheaper, lower quality cousin, the Zalman Trimon). This type of monitor has amazing depth, DOES NOT require any sort of a refresh rate, and does not require fancy drivers to operate. The disadvantage is that there is a 7 degree "sweet spot" from which it must be viewed, even with glasses.

I am also hopeful for 3D Ready DLP TVs which, for around $2000, can deliver stunning 3D content at around 100 Hz.

The breakthrough will come when eye-tracking autostereoscopic monitors (i.e., ones that don't require glasses) become good and cheap enough.

Problems such as focus, convergence, and cheap practical head tracking remain, and need to be addressed by the next generation of displays.

The "make or break" factor will not be whether there's a device that can support good 3D (there has been for a while), but whether the user base will reach critical mass. I hope the trickling down of 3D stereo content to the 3D TVs will help.

I agree that console support would help greatly (there's something about getting a bunch of people playing together to see the 3D content)

http://ddd.com/index-2.html No glasses, looks 3D.

If you RTFA there is no mention of this.

In-Three's "prototype" liquid crystal shutter glasses are not new. There is nothing to suggest that they are any different to those available from Stereographics or VRex, for example. This is just re-reporting of old news.

Companies such as DDD have been doing semi-automatic 2D->3D conversion for years; it's difficult to do well, time consuming and expensive. Don't get excited just yet.

The Sharp Actius RD3D can be used with games. It comes bundled with James Bond 007: Nightfire, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.

As for other uses, Dynamic Digital Depth has photo viewer, movie player, molecular viewer, and PowerPoint plugin that are bundled with the Actius RD3D as well. They can also be used with other autostereo displays.

The Sharp Actius RD3D can be used with games. It comes bundled with James Bond 007: Nightfire, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.

As for other uses, Dynamic Digital Depth has photo viewer, movie player, molecular viewer, and PowerPoint plugin that are bundled with the Actius RD3D as well. They can also be used with other autostereo displays.

I'd be more interested to see how the 3d display work, myself.