Head Tracking Allows Glasses Free 3D on iPad

[Starfia]

Just to repeat (since it's worth repeating), "glasses-free 3D" is a misleading term here, since the function provided by the addition of head-tracking is not a function normally facilitated by 3D glasses.

The demo does not produce the illusion that any of the pixels exist on a plane other than the surface of the display (unless you close one eye or otherwise curtail your depth perception).

 

[Laird Knox]

Will pirates be able to use this technology? I'm not sure how successful the eye tracking will be when using an eye patch.

 

[twoodcc]

sounds cool to me. i hope to see some apps with this functionality soon

 

[springerj]

This is

Undeniable magic.

 

[ArchaicRevival]

This is insane lol I hope to actually see it one day and not have it shelved like other technologies!

 

[Vegasman]

Undeniable magic.

It's old magic. See Nintendo and Microsoft Research.

 

[xlii]

It's cool, but I'm getting dizzy just looking at it. Sucks to have simulator sickness.

 

[milatchi]

It took forever, but I'm glad someone (namely Apple) finally discovered a way to do 3D without glasses.

 

[Full of Win]

Will pirates be able to use this technology? I'm not sure how successful the eye tracking will be when using an eye patch.

Yeah, but they are likely not part of the iPad ecosystem anyway since they have a hook for a hand, and hence cannot readily take full advantage of the multi touch display.

 

[McGiord]

I will develop an iApp for scheduling Eye Dr. appointments...this is going to be huge...and there will be an App for that!

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[vincenz]

This would be nice for games. Let's see what else it could be used for...

 

[aristotle]

Will pirates be able to use this technology? I'm not sure how successful the eye tracking will be when using an eye patch.

No, this is the future of anti-piracy technology measures.

 

[28monkeys]

So i could use that to view potential homes in all directions!

 

[Laird Knox]

No, this is the future of anti-piracy technology measures.

Or is it actually an Apple conspiracy to force them to buy the iPatch?

 

[kinnetics]

People seem to be missing that to provide the 3D illusion with this effect it requires an almost constant motion, otherwise it will just resemble a flat image of a 3d surface.

This makes any actual use of this kind of silly, and makes the viewing of 3D videos and images still impossible for the iPad This is because both videos and 3D images (.mpo files) have two images sent to each eye separately which this method of 3D is completely incapable of because it requires fully rendered models for viewing.

A parallax barrier, such as the one on the 3DS, or other legitimate 3D viewing method would be required to have any real use, particularly without forcing the user to constantly move their head or the device that they're holding to maintain the 3D effect.

I totally agree. Though the effect is cool, it's not practical to move your head constantly to achieve the effect. That would be quite annoying while playing a game or watching a 3D movie.

 

[iansilv]

Yeah okay I see that now. Sorry.

It's still not the same as the kinds that use gyro/acceleration.

Would it be possible to use both the camera to track the head and the gyroscope / accelerometer to track the movement of the ipad?

 

[iansilv]

No, this is the future of anti-piracy technology measures.

Whoa!

Wow... face recognition to use software... hmmm....

 

[ChocoMan]

nice...

real nice.

 

[a.phoenicis]

You guys are clearly missing the point of this... It is not at all the same thing as the silly 3D movies, where you put on special glasses and get to see things jumping out at you...

This is a 2D image that is simulating depth and parallax perspective in real time based on your movements in the world.

What this means is that unlike any of the 3D effects you see in movies, you can actually move your head to the side and look behind things.

This is way more of a "true" 3D effect than what you get in the movies... That's more of a bass-relief... you never get to see anything that isn't already baked into the image.

With this effect, if there's something in your way, you can move to the side and see around it.

This is really awesome.

 

[NJMetsHero]

With this type of 3D I don't think it would give you headaches like normal no glasses 3D would. Very cool.

 

[troyblinka]

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This is just awesome. I am so excited by the developers really utilizing the hardware.

 

[derkunstler]

Wonderful Technology

Neat

 

[jonnysods]

Wow. Awesome. Cant wait to see this coupled with a few more iPad revisions....

 

[slackpacker]

This is the future. get past the glasses or make the tracker more transparent to the user and its perfect.

 

[fawlty]

Will pirates be able to use this technology? I'm not sure how successful the eye tracking will be when using an eye patch.

Arrr, the beauty of this is that it works for people who only have vision in one eye - Google "Wiggle Stereoscopy". Presumably it be head tracking rather than eye tracking.