A few months back I tried out a glasses-less 3D prototype from Sharp, where the cameraphone took “3D” photos and made them pop out in their parallax barrier screens. That tech’s now in two Android phones – for Japan, anyway.
Now that I’ve sufficiently recovered from the jetlag of a 36-hour trip back from IFA in Berlin, I figure it’s a good time to look at the 10 best products from Europe’s biggest consumer electronics conference. Here’s what I wish I could have smuggled home in my suitcase:
Glasses-less 3DTV sounds like the greatest invention ever, right? But secretly, I think we were all worried it would look quite rubbish. After a lengthy session with Sharp’s parallax barrier technology, I can say chin up! It’s not that bad.
Sharp was first out the door with its parallax barrier technology, which is apparently being used in the Nintendo 3DS, to skirt around wearing glasses when viewing 3D. Toshiba’s now got a similar 21-inch display which also doesn’t require glasses.
