Comment Other similar display (Score 1) 42
I remember going to the Telecom '87 exhibition in Geneva. Or was that the Telecom '91? Anyway, one of the 'wonderful new products' on show was a portrait 3D display which worked in a similar manner to this but it had lenses on the front of the screen to focus the pictures correctly for both eyes. It would only work if you sat in exactly the right spot so only one person could look at the screen at any time.
I remember them saying that the width of the screen determined the 'depth' of the image which you could display. Remember that you only have half the horizontal resolution of your screen available when working in 3D mode! So this portrait display could not display very large or distant objects well but what it could do was still amazing back then.
I got the impression that it has been technically possible to create 3D displays for some time but the computing power has only recently made it viable to start using such displays for things other than binocular video. How common is binocular video, even though it is technically possible and should be cheap?
I remember them saying that the width of the screen determined the 'depth' of the image which you could display. Remember that you only have half the horizontal resolution of your screen available when working in 3D mode! So this portrait display could not display very large or distant objects well but what it could do was still amazing back then.
I got the impression that it has been technically possible to create 3D displays for some time but the computing power has only recently made it viable to start using such displays for things other than binocular video. How common is binocular video, even though it is technically possible and should be cheap?
