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Microsoft's Glasses-Free 3D Display

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the believe-it-when-i-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Microsoft Applied Sciences Group has developed a new lens that lets you watch three-dimensional content without 3D glasses. The new lens is thinner at the bottom (about 6mm) than at the top (11mm) and steers light to a viewer's eyes via LEDs along its bottom edge. The 3D display uses a camera to track viewers so that it knows where to steer the light; the idea isn't new, but the required CPU power is now affordable and small enough to pull it off on a large scale."

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  1. Works for one person... by SiaFhir · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "The 3D display uses a camera to track viewers so that it knows where to steer the light"

    But what if there are more than one person around the display? How does it steer the light then?

    Autostereoscopy has more promise I think. Philips has done it.