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Damnyouall on 02 May 2010

This isn't new at all, and Toshiba didn't invent it. It was developed in the 1990s by German Fraunhofer Institut and has been ready to go into mass production since 2001. http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/interactive-media-human-factors/overview/free2c-desktop-display/

It works incredibly well, I've seen it demonstrated at an industry fair 9 years ago.

The problem with this: It's a single user display. It only works for one person, at a fixed distance. It can't and won't replace large multi user screens (3D TVs) using shutter glasses.



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bannedagain on 02 May 2010

doesn't mean they didn't make improvements guy.



Holesome on 02 May 2010

As far as I saw the parallax 9 can offer 9 different perspectives or 9 different seating locations. If this is the case its only time before this solution comes full boar to the market and replaces 3D with glasses.



rutea7 on 02 May 2010

i'll wait and see what technology has the most immersing effect

the glasses dont bother me, i wear glasses all the time and usually 3d glasses fit confortably over mine
i saw the samsung 3d tv at the mall, the picture quality was awesome but sometimes there was a bit of ghost. the 3d effect was really good though.
the toshiba 3d tvs with glasses are showing at another store, i want to check those out too.
pretty soon i'll be able to see the sony ones.

when the ones that dont require glasses come out we can see how good it is but... i think its better for a portable like the nintendo. if the 3d is more limited and doesnt pop out as much i'll get the ones with glasses in the future.



Bamboleo on 02 May 2010

This is the way to go.

Glasses free TV's shall put other 3D TV's to shame and misery.



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Slimebeast on 02 May 2010

I don't like glasses free TV. The viewing angle will always suck.

Plus I don' want to invest in 3d with glasses now and then see it becoming old-fashioned in just a couple of years.

I will get a 3-D TV and glasses soon.



thetonestarr on 02 May 2010
tarheel91 said:
thetonestarr said:
scottie said:
This still has a minor case of the sucks (15 degree viewing angle), but improvement is improvement - this is the first I've heard about this tech for screens larger than about 4 inches. Keep up the good work Toshiba

Well, it's 15º in all directions, so 30º total. Not much room at all, but it IS enough for a few people to fit in front of.

15 degrees in both horizontal directions.  It says nothing about vertical angles.

Well actually, yeah, you're right. Vertical angles should be as far as anybody wants them to be.



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