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"It's not every day—or every year, for that matter—that a new screen technology appears. So the debut of the Sharp Actius RD3D notebook ($3,299 direct) is news. It's the first U.S. product to use the company's proprietary 3-D LCD technology, which displays realistic-looking three-dimensional images without the need for special glasses. Best of all, the technology has no effect on the quality of 2-D text and graphic images.

To render 3-D images, the system uses two 15-inch LCD panels that sandwich a parallax barrier (parallax refers to the difference between what your left and right eyes see, which the brain interprets as 3-D). The front panel is a standard Sharp 15-inch XGA (1,024-by-768) color display. In 2-D mode, only this panel is active. "


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that's pretty cool. But for now, the price is way too high and that front screen needs better resolution... but it's a first step and this technology will only get better and cheaper.
 
I always thought that looking at a 'fake-3D' monitor for long periods of time would make you dizzy. Of course, I've never seen this in action, so it might be the coolest thing ever. Only time will tell.

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certainly a great 'toy' for anybody who needs to present/sell 3D objects (architects, designers...). And gaming if it is supported, guess you still need some funky drivers to make that work, though.
I wonder about the dizziness, too. And how it looks in a mixed 2D/3D environment, for example working in a 3D application.
 
Can't wait for software to catch up with this technology... so I can export from maya to take advantage of this.. using percieved depth in applications and webpages... imagine, MacRumors in 3d..
 
Originally posted by etoiles
...hehe, now if only I could combine those two images I am seeing into one stereoscopic view...use the force Luke...hic...:D

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