P3D flash-back

[Chris Jones <c.jones@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 17:18 11/12/99 -0700, Sergio wrote:
>from http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/9707news-e/07243dd.html
>"TOKYO, July 24, 1997 -- SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., maker of the world's
>first commercially available non-glasses 3D displays... SANYO plans to show
>the new display at the upcoming "Electronics Show '97", to be held at the
>Makuhari Messe in Chiba from October 6 to October 10."
>I found half a dozen such ads from different hardware producers, but never
>saw a working device. As far as I know, the only goggle-free displays
>already available are from http://www.dti3d.com/ ; the ads say they are also
>affordable ($8,000-$15,000) & I wander what "expensive" would mean... did
>anybody in the list see the results?

Well I haven't seen Sanyo's effort, but I have had a play with Sharp's
latest ones a few weeks ago. They've got a flat panel display which looks
pretty finished, which uses a single viewing position (though there are
other spots where the stereo is viewable), and looks like being inexpensive
- certianly a small fraction of the $8-15000 you quoted. There was also a
head-tracking model which is bulkier but had some great effects. The image
quality is pretty good on both, as is the viewing comfort.

I can't give you dates for availability just yet, but maybe soon.

You can see a page on the head-tracked display at
http://www.sle.sharp.co.uk/imt.htm though the flat panel stuff is more
likely to hit the mass market I think.

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