P3D Re: Phillips 3d TV

[Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Ian Walker" <dimension.three@xxxxxxxxxx> asked:
> There was a news article this morning on Virgin radio (UK) anouncing that
> Phillips had invented a new 3d TV.
>
> That was all there was to it.  Does anyone know any more?

Philips has been working on lenticular based autostereoscopic displays for
some time now.  They presented a paper at last year's Stereoscopic Displays
and Applications conference and demonstrated some of their equipment in the
conference demonstration session.  Check out the following web page (about
half way down) for a picture of their display:
   http://www.stereoscopic.org/1999/sdphde.html

Cheers,
Andrew Woods

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