The reason I’m not sold on 3D? Those nasty glasses. Luckily, Microsoft is ditching the glasses, choosing instead to create 3D by beaming different images into each eye.
Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group is creating 3D by using a camera to track viewers’ eyes and a new special lens. That lens is shaped like a wedge, with 11mm thickness at the top vs 6mm at the bottom. Apparently, the wedge lens can steer light straight into a viewers eye by switching light-emitting diodes along its bottom edge on and off. Basically, by controlling the light, it can display different images on the screen and direct where each image goes.
The limit of their prototype is that currently, only two people can watch 3D at one time (one image per eye) or four people can watch a 2D video (one image per person). I say no worries Microsoft, it’s not like I was going to host a huge 3D kegger given how expensive those damned 3D Glasses cost. [Technology Review]
Luke
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 2:17 PMSomething tells me that this doesnt seem safe.
Shane
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 4:31 PMHmm, shooting light into my eyes, yeah, I’m stupid enough to be up for that.
I was sitting in my lounge room the other day when I realised that I already have a 3d TV (in fact I have lots), there called windows!! They have just as much programming entertainment as does TV right now (in fact, I think I found them more entertaining).
You want to wow me with 3D, holograms, get those to work! I’d probably be willing to get excited.
Otherwise, sake the technicians and hire some decent writers!
Michi Weiner
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 6:04 PMThats just because they used the word shooting and eye in one sentence so it naturally doesn’t sound safe, but i doubt the light itself will be high powered lasers, just normal everyday spectrumy light.
Nodeity
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 10:34 AMNow we’re getting somewhere,.. as I’ve mentioned a few times earlier on this subject, the glasses are the biggest problem! Clearly the engineers at MS are thinking outside the box and others will follow. This direction or something like it is where we need to go. Somehow I doubt that we’re talking about actual visible death ray type, beams of light. Otherwise the system wouldn’t get past the lawyers. :)
Ben
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 8:28 PMHmm. makes me think that the development of project Natal might have more more uses that previosly thought