While 3D TVs already seem to be a thing of the past, a Japanese company, Shirai Lab at the Kanagawa Institute, has developed new technology that allows a display to produce both 3D and 2D images simultaneously.
Normally when you look at a 3D television without glasses on, you’re treated to an eye-straining ghosting effect. With this new tech, that annoyance is a thing of the past.
According to Gizmodo, the 2x3D display processes complex image algorithms, processed in real time by a GPU, to perform this feat. It accomplishes this through colour mixing techniqes and one of the images disappears completely if you aren’t wearing 3D glasses.
There’s a downside to this tech though because 2D images now only have half the contrast ratio of 3D images. I’m still waiting for that hyped up glassesless 3D technology to make its way to North America.
Still, 3D TVs, even if it’s for gaming, have never really appealed to me. 3D still seems like a fad that’s on its way out.
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