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Monday, December 17, 2012

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.

 CU of a 42" Lenticular Autostereoscopic Monitor42" Autostereoscopic MonitorCU of a 42" Lenticular Autostereoscopic Monitor


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. 

Sony XBR-84X900 4K Ultra HD TVSony XBR-84X900 4K Ultra HD TV (side view)
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.


Sony XBR-84X900 4K Ultra HD TV
(Sponsors)
GSEAV rents 4K Ultra-HD monitors.
B4DM creates autostereoscopic content

* The terms autostereoscopic and automultiscopic are interchangeable.

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