Now We Could Go 3D without those Special Glasses
The last movie I watched in theater in 3D was Avatar. And I must say that, putting on the glasses for watching 3D movies somehow ruins that whole enriching experience. Every 3-D technology till date requires you wear the set of special glasses.
Taking us a step forward, Microsoft has developed a lens which could help change all that. With the ability to keep track of the position of viewers and send separate images directly to each eye, the new prototype display eliminates the need for 3-D glasses.
The mechanism behind is something like this:
#-Link-Snipped-#A camera at the bottom of the lens tracks the viewers by collecting light coming the other way through the lens and the angle of the LEDs changes to correspond to the viewers’ movements. The system can support two viewers watching 3D images or four viewers watching ordinary video. As the lens is so thin (between 6mm and 11mm), it could be used to replace the back light of an LCD TV.
They have verified many applications of this technology. But have not built a full product prototype. The simpler applications of the same can hit the market soon enough.
As off now, the biggest challenges facing the team are High-volume production and image quality. But if coupled with Natal, Microsoft could provide us with immersive and interactive 3D games soon enough. And it will be time to say good bye to the glasses:
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Image Credits: thebbps
Looking forward to the outcome of this project.
Taking us a step forward, Microsoft has developed a lens which could help change all that. With the ability to keep track of the position of viewers and send separate images directly to each eye, the new prototype display eliminates the need for 3-D glasses.
The mechanism behind is something like this:
#-Link-Snipped-#A camera at the bottom of the lens tracks the viewers by collecting light coming the other way through the lens and the angle of the LEDs changes to correspond to the viewers’ movements. The system can support two viewers watching 3D images or four viewers watching ordinary video. As the lens is so thin (between 6mm and 11mm), it could be used to replace the back light of an LCD TV.
They have verified many applications of this technology. But have not built a full product prototype. The simpler applications of the same can hit the market soon enough.
As off now, the biggest challenges facing the team are High-volume production and image quality. But if coupled with Natal, Microsoft could provide us with immersive and interactive 3D games soon enough. And it will be time to say good bye to the glasses:
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Image Credits: thebbps
Looking forward to the outcome of this project.
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