The Future of Autostereoscopic/Auto-Multiscopic Technology.

Autostereoscopic 3D is the technology that lets you see 3D content on a TV without having to wear any glasses. The technology that does this is achieved by placing a lenticular overlay over an LCD/LED HDTV.

Here's some pictures of the Windows login screen on a 42" Toshiba LCD with a  lenticular screen over it.

 

To achieve the best resolution on lenticular autostereoscopic displays, the monitors are 1080p. The lenticular overlay cuts the resolution in half since it sends a different picture to each of your two eyes, so the 3D image you are viewing is 960x540.

So now what now... 4K!

4K monitors have just hit the U.S. market *(Dec. 2012). LG 84LM9600 and Sony XBR-84X900 both have 84" 4K monitors, and 2013 will undoubtedly see more 4K monitors hit the market. 

4K monitors have a resolution of 3840x2160, so if a lenticular screen was used as an overlay for auto-stereoscopic content, you would be viewing the 3D images at 1080p. At this resolution the 3D would look incredible. No doubt, 4K is the future of autosteroscopic monitor technology.

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* The terms autostereoscopic and automultiscopic are interchangeable.

Close-Up of a Lenticular, Autostereoscopic Screen

Close-Up pics of a lenticular, autostereoscopic overlay.

This Blog's Author: Ben is owner of B4DM Inc. and is the current Production Manager for GSE AudioVisual.

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Glasses-Free 3D TV at MIT

Glasses-free 3D Technology from M.I.T.

Researchers at the Massachusettes Institue of Technology are working on a novel way to show glasses-free 3D. This technology does not use lenticular or parallax overlays.

Read More Here: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/glasses-free-3D-television-0712.html

Nintendo 3DS XL

Nintendo's new auto-stereoscopic handheld gaming system, the 3DS XL, is scheduled for release on August 19th, 2012.


Check out Engadget's review here.