Monday, October 12, 2009

Japan’s TV makers see the future in 3D

The technology works by rapidly alternating between left and right frames of the video. The right frame is seen only with the right eye and the left frame with the left eye, creating the illusion of depth.
Flat-panel television screens cannot get much flatter and consumers do not want the screens to get much wider, so Japanese television makers are banking on a whole new dimension to buttress their line-ups.

High-definition three-dimensional TV is the future, or so Panasonic and Sony hope, as they seek to stem a slide in prices and re-energise a market slowed by the global recession. The biggest problem the companies face, however, is staring them right in the face. Viewers will need to wear those goofy, ill-fitting glasses, just as they have to when watching 3-D movies in a theatre. Without them, the screen looks nauseatingly blurry.

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