“Stream TV Networks, which develops glasses-free 3D technology for TV sets, said iPad, iPhone and Apple TV users will be able to beam movie or application images to upcoming glasses-free 3D TV sets based on the company’s auto stereoscopic technology,” Agam Shah reports for IDG News. “Movies purchased from Apple’s iTunes Store or applications such as Angry Birds can be beamed to glasses-free 3D TVs with Stream TV Networks’ Ultra-D technology, said Mathu Rajan, CEO of the company. The technology combines an optical lens on a panel and a software and hardware layer to convert high-definition images into a format suitable for glasses-free 3D TVs.”
Shah reports, “For example, users can stream Netflix movies through Apple TV, and the Ultra-D software layer does the 2D-to-3D conversion into a format suitable for the glasses-free 3D TV… In a demonstration, 3D content was easy viewable from different angles without glasses, and the image quality did not deteriorate… The first Ultra-D TVs may come later this year, Rajan said. Stream Networks has built a prototype 42-inch glasses-free TV to demonstrate the technology… The company also wants to push its Ultra-D technology to tablets and smartphones, and Rajan said the company hopes to show off a 5-inch 3D smartphone based on its technology later this year.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Hard to imagine that “2D-to-3D conversion” of content that was not originally shot in 3-D could be very good…
Well, there can be some OK 3D interpretation of 2D. But it’s a bit silly.
Believe it when I see it, but glasses-free 3D overcomes a big barrier for home use.
I’d like a good look at exactly how glasses-free 3D TV works.
I’m expecting:
• The bigger the TV the better.
• Viewing angle problems.
• Major $$$$$ to pay for one.
• Major bandwidth requirements.
• Therefore, Blu-Ray only discs, requiring special equipment (probably in the TV) to translate the data.
• Compromises in frame rate, at least initially. It takes two full frames to make one 3D image.
At least we have some new tech to research and learn. Never a dull moment in tech. Only dull moments from trolls and TechTards, both well worth ignoring.