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This is just a 3 screen variation.

Wow, just think what might have happened if Sharp had used this in their other 'no glasses required' 3D displays (http://www.sharp3d.com/), wait a minute... (sorry about the sarcasm, try following the link)

I played with a Sharp 3D laptop last summer (http://www.sharp3d.com/), and it was cool but it caused a lot of eyestrain, not to mention halving the usable resolution. This sounds like almost the same technology, and I imagine it won't be any easier on the eyes.

"What might be interesting is pairing this technology with 3D-goggles..."

Or use vertically oriented micro-prism screens (e.g. a prism over each column of pixels, directing odd columns left and even columns right) or Sharp's active parallelax screen.

I'm not it will work. People don't like wearing glasses, except maybe gamers. OTOH, Sharp3D seems to be a more promising way. What do you think?

Sounds cool. However, you better be alone in the room. OTOH, I'm quite interested by the new 3D screen. That should really enhance your game experience. And it is available today.

You mean, like this? http://www.sharp3d.com/
Sharp put 3D screens onto a lot of cellphones in Japan a few years ago. Apparently some of the most popular content was porn.

This is a new breakthrough in LCD technology

Yeah, or is it a slightly re-engineered version of their 3D technology

I have one of those sitting here, and I can totally see how this 'new breakthrough' would be possible using the same technique, just different mechanical layout.

FYI: the 3D monitor is not that great, you have to position your head in the _exact_ right position.

They got it wrong. Autostereo LCDs have been around for years.

Try Sharp's 3D products web site, they have a 15" XGA monitor or laptops that have been available for a while now. Other companies have been selling autostereo LCDs for much longer.

They got it wrong. Autostereo LCDs have been around for years.

Try Sharp's 3D products web site, they have a 15" XGA monitor or laptops that have been available for a while now. Other companies have been selling autostereo LCDs for much longer.

Sharp has a list of games that apparently support this 3d display technology.

Here is the official Sharp 3D site

Here is the official Sharp 3D site

www.sharp3d.com

Speak for yourself:

http://www.sharp3d.com/

. . . is explained here.

DDD AND nWAVE PICTURES SIGN DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR 3D CONTENT

Already being done:

http://www.sharp3d.com

Unfortunately for the world, that leaves only one option - it must be Virtual Boy II!

I've actually thought for some time now that Nintendo may be coming up with something equally crazy to sink some money in (remember, Nintendo don't have a shortage of cash, every console of theirs except that Virtual Boy was profitable) and try to "innovate" to get some new market share. What follows is my idea of what they might be up to.

So what I've been having in mind is a dedicated portable real 3D gaming machine using an autostereo display that doesn't need 3D glasses at all. They now have the N64 hardware in nearly portable size (iQue), so all they need to do is trim it for some more speed and less size to be perfectly acceptable for a next-gen portable gaming system. The current GBA can already play compressed video (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories coming from Square Enix is using it) so the new console could obviously do it, in real 3D no less! And if it can do compressed video it pretty obviously can handle compressed audio, and in real 3D no less! (just kidding, just kidding, although I am going to mention that surround audio can be produced using just standard stereo headphones as output, so you could theoretically enjoy movies on the go with this thing in real 3d visuals and a surround sound experience). Not that I really care that much about movie and music playback in my gaming machine, but some of you do, so the new device could easily have it.

The only things to solve are the media to use and battery life. Nintendo probably would like to stick to their current cartridge format since using spinning disks create problems in portable environments, but they might be bold and use their Gamecube mini-dvd format for it, since a mini-dvd has more than enough space for a portable device with low resolution. With cheapening manufacturing costs the cartridge capacities could also be increased a lot while keeping the price down, obviously not to mini-dvd levels but for a low resolution device it could be sufficient even for 3D gaming and compressed video.

The battery life is trickier, especially if there is disk that needs to be spun. So Nintendo will solve it by having some very serious problem with the device that the consumers just have to deal with a couple of years before the new model the fixes the problem arrives. They had the dark screens for the GBA but I think they'll have a new problem for this new device, maybe if it uses a disk format the device doesn't have a motor to spin the disk but instead there's a hand crank the user spins when the device needs to load the next level or next movie portion from the disk.

(Yes, I am joking again. Don't shoot me.)

So there you have it. By now you should have a fair impression that I am completely INSANE, but remember, so is Nintendo when they're at their best (well, not COMPLETELY insane), and being a loyal Nintendo fan I hope they'll be at their best the following years.