Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Market Research Survey References 'iPod3D'

Dagless said:
Having seen a 3DS demo in person - the craze is fully justified. Amazing device.
Click to expand...

I haven't seen a glasses-less display yet, but wouldn't that degrade its ability for non-3D stuff? I wouldn't want any degradation for a novelty like 3D to affect these kind of devices for everything else that the other 99.999999% of people use them for.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148a Safari/6533.18.5)

The idea is not that bad :S I don't see it happening but looks cool
 
Please, no.

Get back to me when I can interact with the device in 3 dimensions. Or when they can project a 3d image into space and not looking into a screen.

Right now it is just a gimmick for 3d pictures and watching 3D movies, which the only one that I have seen that was decent was Avatar. And it will only be that way in a theater where you dont see beyond the edges of the screen in your periphery.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

That video was hilarious. Developers can already do somehing like that with the gyroscope inside the iPhone and iPod touch, so that really isn't a huge benefit. It'd be cool to see a 3D iPod touch as long as the screen was still retina resolution, and you didn't need glasses to use it. Otherwise, it'd be taking a step backwards. I still couldn't care less about 3D TVs though...
 
Slim02 said:
Man you have no clue.. You can get 3D HDTVs under $2000 or even under $1000.. I do not know about you but I do not buy any HDTV under $1000 because they are cheap and lacking stuff...

Also 3D HDTV are here to stay and you people are going to have to deal with it.. Games, Blu-ray movies, Sat and Cable are all adding 3D... I guess you people are going to be left in the past and every one else that buying 3D will be going into the future and be on.. You keep playing and watching your old 2D when the rest of us move to 3D..
Click to expand...

Please correct me if I am wrong (I have not been actively following 3DTV), but I believe sales and uptake of 3DTV has fallen flat so far, partly because of the glasses. This is why the next generation 3DTVs are going glasses free. Whether or not consumers buy into it or not is to be seen. So far it seems to have been seen as a gimmick initiated to spur declining theater attendance.
 
Lynxpoint said:
Please correct me if I am wrong (I have not been actively following 3DTV), but I believe sales and uptake of 3DTV has fallen flat so far, partly because of the glasses. This is why the next generation 3DTVs are going glasses free. Whether or not consumers buy into it or not is to be seen. So far it seems to have been seen as a gimmick initiated to spur declining theater attendance.
Click to expand...

Well seeing it going to be years before we see 3DTV glasses free because it cost to much at this point.. Maybe around 2013 or 2014 we will see glasses free.. Also sale are not fallen flat.. Sale is ok but not great yet but the next wave of 3DTV and new redesign 3D glasses will change that... This will be the year 3D kicks in high gear.. There is 3D cam and Video cam coming.. PS3 has over 20+ games that can be played in 3D long with playing 30+ 3D Blu-ray Movies. 3D is not going any where and it going to be in your face just like HD was or DVD.. They all started slow at first but look how that turn out.. This is not your grand daddy tech.. 3D has change. We did not have HDTV in the 50' or 80' or 90's.. Look at the first TV and now we have HDTV.. TV has change a lot over the years.. 3D today is not the same 3D from the past.. Things have change just like how TVs have change over the years..


People that call 3D gimmicks are the same type of people that called HDTV, DVD, Blu-ray, CD, portable computers (laptop/notebooks), iPod, Mac/PC, Color TV's and the list goes on as gimmicks and we all know how that turn out to be...
 
Last edited:
Slim02 said:
Man you have no clue.. You can get 3D HDTVs under $2000 or even under $1000.. I do not know about you but I do not buy any HDTV under $1000 because they are cheap and lacking stuff...

Also 3D HDTV are here to stay and you people are going to have to deal with it.. Games, Blu-ray movies, Sat and Cable are all adding 3D... I guess you people are going to be left in the past and every one else that buying 3D will be going into the future and be on.. You keep playing and watching your old 2D when the rest of us move to 3D..
Click to expand...

Alas, people aren't buying 3d televisions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/14/us-television-idUSTRE6BD51T20101214
 
PeterQVenkman said:
Alas, people aren't buying 3d televisions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/14/us-television-idUSTRE6BD51T20101214
Click to expand...

Wrong people are buying 3DTV just not as high the industry thought.. Every time I go into Best Buy I see people leaving with a new 3DTV.. So there are people buying just not at high rate..

Consumer electronics executives say TV sales will improve once more 3D content becomes available next year (2011) and when consumers start recording their own content on 3D-enabled camcorders.

"Just like how high-definition TV started in sports and movies, as 3D evolves, it will go with sports and movies and then become more of an everyday thing.

The PS3 has over 20+ games that can be played in 3D. There is over 30+ Blu-ray movies in 3D.. So this year will change with the new 3DTV's and redesign 3D Glasses..


P.S. no where in that link it said people where not buying 3DTV. It just says it sold very low and not at all..
 
Last edited:
Slim02 said:
Wrong people are buying 3DTV just not as high the industry thought..
Click to expand...

Which from the boardroom translates to a failure and "no one is buying".

That's business.

Until enough people crave 3D and enough parts of the digital ecosystem support it, its not going to be mainstream.
 
NT1440 said:
Which from the boardroom translates to a failure and "no one is buying".

That's business.

Until enough people crave 3D and enough parts of the digital ecosystem support it, its not going to be mainstream.
Click to expand...

You do know that Sony own 80 to 90% of the Movie Studios, Also 5 to 8 top name companies are making 3DTV'S and again Sony also has the PS3 for 3D games.. It going to come mainstream just like how HDTV became mainstream.. Also DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and some cables companies have 3D channels..


P.S. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2011-02-21-3d-games_N.htm?csp=Dailybriefing So far, about 1 million consumers have a 3-D set, says DisplaySearch analyst Paul Gagnon. Looks like there are people buying so that means you and others are WRONG...
 
Last edited:
This is obviously someone else trying to figure out what technologies may allow them to compete with Apple. Will people buy something other than iPad if it offered 3D.

Barking up the wrong tree, methinks... Nothing says cheap trinket like 3D.
 
Slim02 said:
You do know that Sony own 80 to 90% of the Movie Studios, Also 4 to 5 top name companies are making 3DTV'S and again Sony also has the PS3 for 3D games.. It going to come mainstream just like how HDTV became mainstream.. Also DirecTV, AT&T U-verse and some cables companies have 3D channels..
Click to expand...

Lol, HD still isn't mainstream. It won't be until the vast majority of content is distributed that way.
 
NT1440 said:
Lol, HD still isn't mainstream. It won't be until the vast majority of content is distributed that way.
Click to expand...

LMAO.. That why EVERY TV is HD. That Why Blu-ray sales are higher then DVD.. PS3 and 360 are in HD. That why HD is over the air. Thats why there are over 200+ channels that are in HD on Cable and Sat.. Yea HD not mainstream in any.. Boy are you clueless....
 
Market research can talk about products that don't exist. The subject is given a graphic for a hypothetical product and is asked to answer questions/provide comments about it.

I did some market research for a major beverage company. I was presented with a graphic and a magazine ad style description of the new product. I answered questions about it based on the description, tried the product and then answered the same questions based on the product.
This product still doesn't exist today.

Of course, this isn't market research for Apple. This may be research by an entertainment company of some sort who are looking into 3D applications and want to see if there's a market for mobile 3D entertainment in terms of their app/game.
 
If you ask me, this is just to test if the person answering to the survey is honest with his answers.
That's a usual thing to do. If the questioned person answers a question like "which of this products are known to you" and he answers with a "yes" you most certainly know that the whole answer-set of the person should be used with caution...
So in my opinion: nothing related to apple just a test from the survey-company
 
^
The problem is it hasn't been done this well before. Nintendo are soon to release a new handheld console with a 3D display that doesn't require glasses. It's only going up from here.
Don't quite understand the animosity towards 3D on this forum.

Slim02 said:
LMAO.. That why EVERY TV is HD. That Why Blu-ray sales are higher then DVD.. PS3 and 360 are in HD. That why HD is over the air. Thats why there are over 200+ channels that are in HD on Cable and Sat.. Yea HD not mainstream in any.. Boy are you clueless....
Click to expand...

Most modern TV's sold in well-off countries are generally HD. But do you have any numbers about Bluray selling better than DVD? Looking at Amazon's DVD+Bluray charts, I'm seeing a 8:2 ratio in favour of DVD.
HD broadcasting is also quite limited at the moment. There are far more SD channels on Sky than HD (and a few 3D). Freesat hasn't fully taken off yet.
 
Surveys often include validity testing questions that check to see if people are paying attention, guessing and/or lying. Since the survey was attempting to assess people's awareness of Apple products, including a fake product would test to see if the respondents are lying just to look like they are in the loop.

Just sayin' ...

As for my personal opinions, I hope 3D fades away quickly so the industry can focus on more useful things like OLED and other technologies. I'll take a high quality 2D image over a gimmicky 3D headache machine any day.
 
God I hope not. I have reasonably thick glasses and it took a reasonable amount of effort to damage/bend the theater glasses to fit around. The first/only 3D movie that I saw was Avatar, and left scratching my head and nursing a migraine.
 
Slim02 said:
You do know that Sony own 80 to 90% of the Movie Studios, Also 5 to 8 top name companies are making 3DTV'S and again Sony also has the PS3 for 3D games.. It going to come mainstream just like how HDTV became mainstream..
Click to expand...

The question isn't.... are they making the stuff? The question is... does anyone want it or care? The answer is no. If they make enough of it that it becomes the standard, I suppose people will eventually be forced to buy it. Sorry, it is a fail.

3D and HTDV have nothing in common. People want HDTV, the barrier is the cost. People don't give a hoot about 3D. It's a novelty. Ultimately, it degrades the experience.
 
Dagless said:
Don't quite understand the animosity towards 3D on this forum.
Click to expand...

A) Because it is a technology which degrades the experience, and distracts the industry from focusing on what people want.
B) We don't like being force-feed, by the industry, something no-one ever asked for in the first place.
C) If we know shoot this down, they might start actually making more movies and TV content in 3D... which means us people who aren't taken by gimmicks end up suffering (have you actually watched a movie in 3D? It sucks!).
D) Look what happened to the stereo amp/receiver market after they chased gimmicks rather than quality. (or so many other markets that could be used as an example)
 
Let's be realistic here.

Could you imagine the sort of battery this thing would need to track where you're looking? And the technology to do this without glasses with the retina-style display we've become accustomed to is just so not there yet. And what if more than 1 person is looking at the screen?

It'll be yeeears before 3D becomes practical enough to be widely used in mobile devices.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back