This disclosure is a teaser from the company or companies that hope that the stereoscopic 3D format they are promoting will become the standard, and they will reap the benefits. It is actually nothing new, just a novel description of a method that was once applied to postcards (in the 1970's) called a lenticular grid, sometimes a lenslet filter. The bad news is that it does not work as described, and only provides an (apparent) dimensional relief under strict test conditions, (that do not include moving image sequences!).
Sharp has accepted the plausability of the hype enough to deliver so-called "autostereoscopic 3D equipped" laptops to the marketplace during the last twelve months. They look kinda cute, and they sort of work, but only on the still images in the demo package. It is not "real" 3D though, and the computer cannot play (IMAX 3D, DVD's for instance) any format of 3D media, apart from anaglyph-coloured filter glasses(which can be played on any laptop or TV with a DVD drive. There are currently no content providers or creators that I know of who have created the specific 3D content that COULD be played using the Sharp (sub-licenced) system. I will provide an algorithm/software package if they can afford it, but the result, at best will leave the casual observer yawning, and the product/content will not be able to be displayed effectively on any other current system.
Ross Stokell, Technologist, Futurist, Inventor.
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This disclosure is a teaser from the company or companies that hope that the stereoscopic 3D format they are promoting will become the standard, and they will reap the benefits. It is actually nothing new, just a novel description of a method that was once applied to postcards (in the 1970's) called a lenticular grid, sometimes a lenslet filter. The bad news is that it does not work as described, and only provides an (apparent) dimensional relief under strict test conditions, (that do not include moving image sequences!).
Sharp has accepted the plausability of the hype enough to deliver so-called "autostereoscopic 3D equipped" laptops to the marketplace during the last twelve months. They look kinda cute, and they sort of work, but only on the still images in the demo package. It is not "real" 3D though, and the computer cannot play (IMAX 3D, DVD's for instance) any format of 3D media, apart from anaglyph-coloured filter glasses(which can be played on any laptop or TV with a DVD drive. There are currently no content providers or creators that I know of who have created the specific 3D content that COULD be played using the Sharp (sub-licenced) system. I will provide an algorithm/software package if they can afford it, but the result, at best will leave the casual observer yawning, and the product/content will not be able to be displayed effectively on any other current system.
Ross Stokell, Technologist, Futurist, Inventor.