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Acer To Launch 3D Notebook In October?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the jumping-right-out-at-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Acer is planning to announce a 3D notebook computer by end of October. If Acer indeed comes out with a 3D laptop then it'll be the world's first manufacturer to do so. The most interesting thing about Acer's machine is that it requires no special glasses. The 15.6-inch notebook features built-in software which can convert regular 2D movies to 3D and directly support 3D movies." Update: 06/08 23:18 GMT by T : According to the linked story, the no-glasses version is still in the works; the current iteration does still require special glasses.

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  1. Been done. by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

    CSI already has these. I know because I saw it on TV. They were also able to get High Res photos out of a .5MB security camera and spin it around in 3D.

  2. WTH is a 3D Laptop??? by Itninja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are all the other laptops on the market existing in only two dimensions? I am pretty sure all laptops are currently three dimensional.

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  3. Finally, a laptop not from Flatland! by techmuse · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad that they are going to be shipping 3 dimensional laptops. Those 2 dimensional laptops that I've been using are really inconvenient. The screen and the keyboard are on the same plane, and you can't push the buttons at all, because that would require a third dimension. Even worse, my 2 dimensional laptop keeps falling through infinitely thin slots, and cut my arm off once when it fell perpendicularly to the floor while my arm was in the way. It might be 2D, but it has mass after all, so it has an infinitely sharp edge. Apple made a big deal out of the Macbook Air being .25" thick at its thinnest point. That's nothing. My 2D laptop has 0 thickness!

  4. Re:"convert regular 2D movies to 3D" by moon3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    and also converts 3D to 4D. Amazing!

  5. Re:Summary grossly incorrect. by lastomega7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A few technological obstacles..."
    All they have to do is get the whole 3D thing working.

  6. Re:"convert regular 2D movies to 3D" by Ambiguous+Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I believe when I see one with my own eyes.

    Is that with or without the special glasses that this system "doesn't" include? ;)

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  7. CSI technicians... by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there anything they can't do?

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    1. Re:CSI technicians... by davester666 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Stopping David Caruso from doing his stupid pose in EVERY SINGLE SCENE?

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    2. Re:CSI technicians... by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Act their way out of a paper bag?

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    3. Re:CSI technicians... by bami · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes they did, They have these new fancy VB6 GUI's that can simultaneously track IP's and tighten up graphics.

  8. Re:Inaccurate summary by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    but not such a good Slashdot story.

    Well, it will be good. Once they get some bugs worked out.

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  9. Paradigm Shift by Scroatzilla · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is awesome. First, notebooks. Then, netbooks.

    Now, migrainebooks.