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3D Flat Panel With No Glasses
m4c north writes "From Japan Today: 'Toshiba Corp said Friday it has developed a brand-new flat-display that allows viewers to see three-dimensional images without using special glasses. The display is expected to be applied to arcade games, virtual menus at restaurants and simulations of buildings and landscapes. The company said it aims to commercialize the display within two years.' JCN Network offers a few more details than Japan Today's rather short summary. And Toshiba's [toshiba.co.jp] press release has some simple figures. Maybe pinball will make a comeback!"
Can we view pictures on our 2D monitors?
I thought there'd been monitors out that do this for a while? Wasn't there a laptop with this tech?
These faux 3D moniters sound nice and all, but I can't really see the big use of it. In specialized ways like the examples stated they sound good, but for games and regular applications it's probably useless. We're not talking holograms here, it's just basically what you see on a cheezy 3D film just without the glasses. I'm more intrested in the day when digital paper is cheap and effective. Imagine layering a room with this, and getting images on all 6 sides, and playign things such as an FPS, or RPG. Even adapting movies and such would be quite useful.
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. The only restaurant that could afford this would be a very high-end one and they're not going to disrupt their elegant atmosphere with a bunch of 3D LCDs.
Maybe Planet Hollywood would go for this. That way they can show what a $15 hamburger looks like in 3D.
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Well, there already was a company that up until last year was making vitual pinball machine games with a large flat panel monitor mounted vertically. It failed and now the company has retrofitted the machines to play other games. The only way pinball would work, outside a real pinball machine, is to have spot on physics and force feedback to match and to be almost holographic. Pinball is a visceral experience, you hit the ball and it goes where you hit it. No computers to cheat you of that.
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Current sharp monitor monitor does this by displaying differing images to right and left eyes. This quickly makes the eyes tired, and is not suitable for long-term use. The technology by Toshiba is done through reflecting images to the small concavities in the surface of the monitor, so causes little to no strain on the eyes. Currently it has 30-45 degrees of viewing range but it's said that the same technology can be used to achieve 360 degrees of viewing range. -Yuki