More 3D Displays to Come

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Posted by michael on Sunday June 13, 2004 @06:10AM from the invest-in-dramamine dept.

Anonymous Writer writes "The first laptop using an autostereo display to show images in 3D without special glasses was the Sharp Mebius PC-RD3D in Japan, later released in the US as the Sharp Actius RD3D. NEC has a line of computers with autostereo displays as well. They are the NEC Valuestar T VT900/8D desktop, the LaVie S LS900/9E laptop, and LaVie RX LR700/8E laptop. The line uses NEC's SoundVu technology that uses the display as a speaker! Autostereo displays are becoming more popular according to Martyn Williams and Tom Krazit from the IDG News Service. In their article in PC World, they claim laptops are just the start of it. A new satellite service by Mobile Broadcasting will be broadcasting 3D content to handheld devices in Japan some time soon. Another player in this market is Dynamic Digital Depth (mentioned in a previous post of mine), whose content services convert 2D video to 3D for display in this medium. Sanyo may be releasing 50-inch Plasma Displays that can display 3D. MIT's Media Laboratory is developing a more advanced 3D display, calling it a full resolution autostereoscopic display, that would allow a viewer to walk around and not lose the 3D effect, which current autostereo displays can't do."

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I'm so excited! by beatnitup · 2004-06-13 06:12 · Score: 1, Funny

This will revolutionize the way pr0n is viewed!
1. Re:I'm so excited! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-13 06:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If only the images could be made solid and warm to the touch!
2. Re:I'm so excited! by Cylix · 2004-06-13 06:48 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Well, I guess you could take the thermal elements from a heating pad and stick them in a real doll.
  
  Best I can do for a 100 quid.
  
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3. Re:I'm so excited! by cgenman · 2004-06-13 07:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You could use one of those 3D pin-cushion displays as a projection screen with a heating element behind it. That way it A: meets all of your requirements and B: stops you from doing with it what you were planning on doing with it.
  
  Filthy, filthy, filthy.
  
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Tux would like to know... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-13 06:17 · Score: 2, Funny

if the 3d display makes him look fat
Re:NXT, not NEC by Haydn+Fenton · 2004-06-13 06:36 · Score: 5, Funny

"I don't want to be an smartass..."

Don't worry, you failed being a smartass within the first six words ;)
Off-topic but it had to be announced by foidulus · 2004-06-13 06:50 · Score: 1, Funny

I am in the market for a monitor(well, actually a TV/Monitor combo) so I headed on over to Sanyo's site. any company that makes a Hello Kitty toaster has to be an awesome company. I would order one cept I don't have $40 to burn :(
Without autostereo? by mikael · 2004-06-13 07:00 · Score: 2, Funny

The first laptop using an autostereo display to show images in 3D without special glasses was the Sharp Mebius PC-RD3D in Japan, later released in the US as the Sharp Actius RD3D

Is the version without this feature, the Sharp Actius R2D2?

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Re:3d displays by OlaL · 2004-06-13 08:22 · Score: 2, Funny

My personal favourite (a few clicks away from the above link): "Teapotahedron".
Re:First thing I noticed... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-13 09:50 · Score: 2, Funny

They accept Visa, Mastercard, arms and legs, and kidneys.
RD3D? by ozbird · 2004-06-13 13:31 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm not sure about that model, but here's a picture of the R3D3 display in action.