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Acer To Launch 3D Notebook In October?
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.
Exactly. These "3D" systems have been coming for decades and in the end they have been total crap. I believe when I see one with my own eyes.
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Highly unlikely that it could work in a way acceptable for viewing movies. Cardboard cutouts instead of actual 3D at best...
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I have seen a demo of realtime conversion - it actually works, but only about 80% good. Occasionally you'll see some problems. I saw a demo at NAB in April at Samsung's booth that blew my mind because it was actually that good, but it's still nothing compared to real stereoscopic capture. Basically it looks like a series of parallax planes, a step down from the real thing. But shockingly, it DOES work. My best guess is that it takes into account a variety of factors including haze and color, detail, dimensions and inference from motion.
I consider it to be a gimmick that distracts from real 3D content. It's -very- clever, but it is no substitute for real stereoscopic content.
I would love a 2 - dimensional laptop. I envision something like a sheet of paper that accepts input from my fingertips or from a stylus or from a virtual keyboard.
Don't even worry about being able to fold it or roll it. If I can just slip it into a folder among sheets of regular paper.
Yes, I know that a sheet of paper is still 3D, but I've been waiting for the electronic "paper" for like 15 years now. I remember when I worked for a university as a director of computing and went out to Cupertino for a week. This is back when Apple was still interested in the educational market, so they took real good care of us, put us up in a nice bed and breakfast. But no hookers, damn it.
Anyway, they had some spooky Apple hardware developer talk to us about the things they were planning and told us we'd definitely have electronic paper by "2001". I always thought that guy might have been on 'shrooms or something equally entheogenic. When I asked him about the Newton, he developed a slight, but noticeable eye-twitch. My guess is that today that very hardware developer is working at a Potbelly's sandwich shop after completing court-ordered rehab.
Anyway, if anybody from Apple is reading this: Stop fooling around with the fucking iPhones and get me my iPaper! Or ePaper, or whatever you want to call it.
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Err, 3D without glasses has been done before and is still a hot topic these days.
Look for "autostereoscopic" screens. (despite the name, actually more than 2 pictures are used to generate the 3D effect, more like 8 pictures)
Sharp already commercialized a 3D laptop some years ago.
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