Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Japan shows off world's largest glasses-free 3D display

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Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) and JVC Kenwood recently demonstrated a 200-inch glasses-free 3D display, which is touted as the world's largest auto-stereoscopic 3D screen. Aside from the enormous size, the system also offers a full-HD resolution with 57 effective viewing angles for users to look at 3D images from different perspectives without 3D goggles.

Hardware-wise, 57 projectors were deployed to render the 3D visuals and these have to be individually tuned to maintain a uniform brightness and color consistency. The hefty 500kg screen is far from ordinary, too, and features a condenser lens and a diffuser film to smoothen the transition between different viewing angles. An improved version of this glasses-free 3D system with 200 viewpoints is in the pipeline as well.

However, there's no indication that this technology will be implemented in consumer electronics as it was originally conceived for design and digital signage applications, according to Akihabara News.

Via Akihabara News


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