Submission + - $35 screen protector makes iPhone capable of playing 3-D content (technologyreview.com)
hebbosome writes: The market for mobile 3-D entertainment has not taken off. To some extent this is a chicken and egg problem. People don't want to pay extra for 3-D capable devices, because there is very little content. Hardly anyone is making content because there are so few 3-D displays out there. It's also to some extent a technological problem. Adding 3-D-ness means reducing the resolution of the screen. But the convergence of two things--extremely high resolution screens and an advanced nanomanufacturing technique called nanoimprint lithography--could now help the market take off. Researchers at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have developed a proprietary fabrication technique, based on nanoimprint lithography, which allows for roll-to-roll printing of plastic patterned with tiny lenses. They've also developed software that can take content made for 3-D and reassemble it in such a way the lenses can "understand" and display it, no glasses required. When content is in 2-D, it is displayed "distortion-free." The product, which only works on the highest-resolution screens on the market, is being sold by a start-up in Singapore called Nanoveu, for all of $35. The company says it is planning to work with game developers to create 3-D gaming content.
