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First Look At Acer's 3D Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the but-what-about-time dept.

Barence writes "Acer today revealed the world’s first 3D laptop, the Acer Aspire 5738PG, which will launch alongside Windows 7 on October 22. It uses a combination of software and specially coated glass on the 15.4in screen, along with a standard set of polarised glasses. Initial impressions were a bit iffy, and whether anyone actually needs a 3D laptop is another question entirely, but we'll find out this month."

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  1. Why? by sitarlo · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Acer = Crappy WalMart Computer
    Stereoscopic 3D = Novelty Technology
    Windows 7 = Vista++

    I think I'll pass on this one.

  2. Better Idea on a Desktop by royallthefourth · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This would be a better idea for a desktop system since laptops are supposed to be portable. You'd have to be a pretty big nerd (even by Slashdot standards) to wear special 3D computing glasses in public.

    Using 3D glasses in the privacy of your own home (on your desktop PC) makes far more sense.

  3. Re:3D laptop? by CannonballHead · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their marketing department already has. The issue is getting the engineers on board.

  4. Indeed! by denzacar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And have the Li-Ion battery to power all that in the form of a hat.
    It will be great in the upcoming winter months. Not so great in the summer when it explodes and catches fire on top of your head.

    --
    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
  5. Re:why would anyone need a 3d laptop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    exactly! just think of the porn!
    I think TFA even suggests as much:
    and, um, I looked at a 3D photo.

  6. Re:3D = Novelty Technology? by cawpin · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Remind me never to use your designs since you don't know the difference between a 3D model and 3D vision. When you're making a model, no matter what computer you're using, you're still looking at a 2D representation of it on screen.

  7. Re:Pointless and stupid by MrMista_B · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do you think that gaming is the only possible use for this?

    How about: Medical imaging, military imaging, warehouse inventory control visualization, education, biological research, chemistry, physics modelling, and etc.

    Really, you just aren't even trying to be imaginative.