LG’s Optimus 3D is a nice enough phone, but just about every reviewer who’s had hands on time with it — including myself — has lamented the fact that the beyond taking 3D photos, the 3D display wasn’t good for much due to a critical lack of applications. LG’s addressing that shortcoming and is due to announce a 2D to 3D conversion engine for Android games.
Akihabara News details the official release prior to the IFA show. The official release of the 3D conversion engine will occur with the first maintenance release for the Optimus 3D, which means we’ll be stuck waiting for Optus, the official exclusive carrier for the phone to set it loose down under. It’s a post-conversion process, but it seems to rely on some kind of checklist for games; while developers apparently won’t have to do anything to turn their 2D games three dimensional, the 3D conversion engine will check against a list of known working games before turning on the special effects.
3D gaming is still something of a niche in the wider market — just look at Nintendo’s rather rapid 3DS price cut — and I’ve got to admit that I can’t view 3D games (or content) for all that long without getting queasy. What do you think? Would the prospect of 3D as easy as flicking a toggle switch entice you to the Optimus 3D?
[Akihabara News]
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11:10 AMI’m still a little confused on how these 3D phones work..it mentions how there is no need for glasses. Does it mean the screen just basically shows a different angle of the picture when it detects that the phone has been tilted? Similar to those 3D holograms?
Simon Reidy
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:13 PMI believe it called “parrallax barrier” auto-stereoscopic technology. More info on how it works here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_barrier
(and yes, it works in a similar way to 3D holograms)