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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. Sharp produced a 3D laptop in 2005 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sharp produced a 3D laptop in early 2005.

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/115348/sharps_3d_notebook.html

    http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/042253

    with a no-glasses display, even. I saw one at a conference expo,
    it worked pretty well for molecular graphics/viz stuff. But they never
    caught on.