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Sharp's Double-View LCD TV
HaloPhreak writes "Sharp has released that they will soon release products that will "allow viewers sitting to the right and left of a screen to watch different channels." This is a new breakthrough in LCD technology my the industry-leading LCD manufacturer. In the article by Reuters, more than just television use is anticipated for this new technology. According to the article, laptops, ATM's, PDA's, cellphones, and even billboards you see in malls could use this technology."
The actual article.
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Simple, install focused speakers in each viewing area. This outfit has some solutions and there are others: http://www.holosonics.com/
From TFA:
Katayama acknowledged that sound would be an issue. He said directional speakers were one possibility in the future but earphones would be the most likely option at present.
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This is basically a lenticular lens with an LCD back, lenticular tech has been around for years, and even lenticular lenses with LCD backs have been around for years... nothing new to see here.. move along.
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.
A simple solution to that. I was watching the former TechTV a while back (rest in peace :( ) and I remember seeing in "Invent This!" a rich guy who ran a small company who had developed a directional speaker. You could only hear it if it was directly pointed towards you.
Combine this directional TV with these speakers and bam, each person sees AND hears different things.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/ 13/2352215&tid=196&tid=188&tid=129&tid=137
I remembered it too... just took a few minutes to actually find it.
Same idea, I bet. There are already "holographic" LCDs, which show perspectives which correspond to the different viewing directions. This just shows two entirely different pictures in two more diverse directions. The principle is similar to lenticular images.
http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_9871.html
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From http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_stor y.asp?category=1700&slug=Japan%20Double%20Display: "The 'two-way viewing-angle LCD,' announced by the Japanese consumer electronics maker Thursday, will go into mass production this month and will cost roughly twice as much as a standard display."
Why not just buy two seperate displays? That way, if two people wanted to do different things, they could just put the displays in two different places...
Not that I don't think the technology is really cool.
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.
sharp have already done that, as well as stereographics(synthagram) and DTI.
They are all crap.
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