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Sharp 3D Monitor Next Year

Posted by timothy on from the pine-in-3d dept.

dOxxx writes "Sharp is bringing out a 3D monitor next year that requires no special glasses. It took them one day to convert Quake to work with the monitor. They are already selling cellphones in Japan for the NTT DoCoMo network with scaled-down versions of the screen."

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  1. Bring on the comedians by wheany · · Score: 4, Funny

    If someone says something to the effect of "Think what this will do for porn", I will kick his nuts. Think what THAT will do for porn.

  2. Sharp 3D monitor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    As opposed to those damned dull 3D monitors...

  3. Old news? by zebs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I seem to remember reading about this, or something very similar before.

    The image depth relies on the system drawing the image on one of two physical layers and the distance between the two layers and the viewers position creates the 3D image.

    Would there be any advantage in using more than two layers?

    1. Re:Old news? by fferreres · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Independant varibles != Dimension.

      Yes, we can think of more variables, as long as the space is 3D. Space, for us, is some kind of instantaneous visualisation. When you add time, you think about it as a path.

      You can't really "perceive" the details of you last week experiences without linearly going though them, you can't ... uh (for la of a better generic term) visualize them. But you can easily visualize a very complex shape in 3D with no need to add go linearly on the details.

      So yes, I can think of color tone as a variable, radious of dots as a variable, time as a variable, anything as a variable but I can't imagine anything in 4D and sure as hell no in 4D.

      Now, I don't know if that is _hardcoded_ problem for humans. Because as we know, we autoteach about 3D when we are born, and that gets burned in neuros structures.

      What would happen if we attached a baby to a virtual but 100% consistent 4D world? That would be really hard, because we are 3D in nature ...for ever do in us or elsewhere, there would be infinite other dots in 4D. Anyway, it's my guess he will adapt to it and will be able to come back to "3D" (with a lot of pain, but possible). What you cannot do is go from 3D to 4D once fully trained in 3D.

      That would be a nice experiment, maybe with rats or some other mammal. Now, looking at 4D shapes as would be seen in our 3D mind is pretty impressive. Really crazy.

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  4. ASCII Art by Hanji · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long before some bozo starts making 3D ASCII Art? You KNOW someone will...

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    1. Re:ASCII Art by monomania · · Score: 5, Funny
      How long before some bozo starts making 3D ASCII Art? You KNOW someone will...

      Aha! I knew I'd find a use for Unicode someday....

  5. Been there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw one of these at Sharp Space Town in Japan while looking for the new Zaurus C700, which incidentaly wasn't at that location. The monitor was very hard to look at, the different layers were very distinct and it was like looking at two images superimposed at different height. Was neat when you got just the right viewing angle, but pretty hard to maintain... you'd probably have to get a neck brace and not move your head at all =)

  6. The fun this could present... by Salubri · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you imagine the poor sap that is sitting with his face just about 1.3 feet away from his screen with a TV card on his/her computer watching the big fight or some huge sports event?

    "I have a cramp in my neck and I haven't moved out of this uncomfortable position in 3 hours but MY GOD... It looks like I'm gonna get sacked when they rush the quarterback! The chiropractor bills are worth it!"

    "Want some chips?"

    "I can barely BREATHE without the image distorting, let alone eat man!"

    Let's hope they improve this before unleashing it on the masses.

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  7. Dangerous by yobbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I now have to duck before a popup window cleans me up?

  8. (OT) ZDNet rant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Would it really kill zdnet to include a picture with stories like this? I couldn't even find a link to the company the whole article was about. I can live w/ their obvious biases, but really, at least include a picture or at least a link to a picture.

  9. I saw a picture of one of these things... by bahwi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw a picture of one of these things on the web, but it looked pretty 2-D to me.

    Damn JPEG Compression! My eyes hurt!

  10. What sound does one hand clapping make? by bogie · · Score: 3, Funny

    None. But somehow I'm sure one-handed web surfers everywhere are celebrating.

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  11. Shadowrun Reference!! by bahwi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whenever I can I try to bring in a Shadowrun Reference. Hopefully without glasses, and hopefully soon they'll eliminate the box, and then eliminate the viewing angle and we'll have the wonderful world of trideo that will revolutionize TV viewing!

    Oh wait, same crap, new dimension.

    "3 Dimensions and not a damn thing to watch." *rimshot* *tomato splat*

  12. Lower prices? by gearheadsmp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will this lower prices on normal Flat Panel Displays? It appears a 3D display would cost way more, thus making lower-end displays else less desirable, thus lowering their prices.

  13. Interface Futures by snitty · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Imagine the future to of the interfaces and desktops, You could have true 3D layering of windows. Imagine flippping though folder heirachies in 3D.

    I think you could also do some amazing screen savers. Flying Windows that look like they are going to clonk you in the head.

    How long till we get OS support for these babies?

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  14. Revolutionary New Pop-Up Ads! by bahwi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ow! My Eye!

  15. Applications by rjamestaylor · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My first thought was 3D MRI (et al) viewing on handheld devices like the Zaurus in the exam room.

    But, perhaps that's because I'm already using the Zaurus as a mobile platform for medical technology. And, I'm married.

    Just goes to show that interpretation (and application) is dependent on the interpreter's context. . . (:

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  16. DoCoMo? by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I keep hearing that. Does it actually mean anything, or stand for anything in particular? It is an unusual name.

    1. Re:DoCoMo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Docomo is Japanese for "anywhere". However, NTT somehow jammed it into an acroymn of sorts to mean Do Communications over the Mobile Network. - akamichi

  17. No additional software? by Tidan · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The monitors will let people see high-resolution 3D images or run 3D programs without using special glasses or additional software. For example, bodies and bullets appear to fly all over the place in a version of the popular game "Quake" that has been adjusted to work on Sharp's 3D monitors.

    Okay, so using an adjusted version of Quake doesn't count as being additional software? No additional software required seems a bit misleading in this case. Will we need a special patch for each new program? If so, who will offer/code these patches? The game developers or the monitor manufacturers?

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    1. Re:No additional software? by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Chances are they'll try some hacks in the Direct3d driver to guess at the Z values of onscreen objects in games. (Most likely, just reading the depth-buffer values that games use for hidden surface removal).

      There is already a line of 3d glasses which will supposedly work with any game running on an NVidia card.

      Given Sharp's emphasis on "3D without special glasses", the effect produced is probably similar to that existing product (but integrated into the monitor, and not as separate glasses)

    2. Re:No additional software? by raygundan · · Score: 3, Informative

      I would think it would be even easier than that-- the display doesn't actually have to be aware of the depth of anything, it just has to show two pictures. It could care less what they are.

      A new 3D driver that renders the scene from two viewpoints, each an inch and a half to the left and right of the original viewpoint, would end up rendering exactly what your eyes need to see. I'm assuming their modified version of Quake does something similar-- rendering a shot for each eye, with the viewpoints separated a few inches.

      But hey, what do I know? I just post here.

  18. Ads by Cheese+Cracker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although several companies have come out with Web browser software and other technology to make images appear to pop off the screen, the Web largely remains a two-dimensional world.

    Banner ads, popup ads... popoff ads... coming soon to a Sharp 3D monitor near you!

  19. Re:Radiation by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can look forward to porn-site plug-in support to start popping up, however.

    Something tells me it won't just be just the images that are popping up.

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  20. Saw these at Electronica by homemademissiles · · Score: 4, Informative

    They actually had these on display at the Electronica show in Munich this year. The effect is impressive and works well. The horizontal resolution is fairly low and if you move past the display you get this wierd 'popping' image. You need to stay stationary for the best effect. I got the impression that there was some type of fresnel lens on the fronts of the panel. Cant wait until the resolution goes up!