Sharp to sell 3D laptop

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  1. Dad

    Dad You talkin to me?

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    TOKYO — Users won't need special glasses to view the three-dimensional images that pop up from Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp.'s new laptop.

    The Mebius PC-RD3D, billed by Sharp as the world's first 3D laptop, goes on sale Oct. 27 in Japan and is planned for release later this year in the United States.

    The new laptop is mostly aimed at people who design three-dimensional software, but Sharp is also planning a model for average consumers, company spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said Thursday.

    Tokyo-based Sharp has been selling cellphones with 3-D displays for NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, since November last year. They were so popular the feature is being introduced in notebook computers, Nakayama says....



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  2. DeX

    DeX Mube Codder

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    How come we haven't seen these 3D displays as normal monitors yet? Is it because the quality isn't good enough for normal 2D display?
     
  3. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    The way to go has got to be 3D projection systems, followed by 3D full immersion systems and finally 3D fully tacticle full immersion systems.

    Maybe this will end up plugging straight into your visual cortex rather than playing out before you.
     
  4. Dorza

    Dorza What's a Dremel?

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    What are the health hazards of this? Surely ur brain is going to get a little confused with the right eye left eye thing? Arnt your eyes suppost to see images at the same time thus makeing them the same image?


    It sounds pretty cool tho, wouldnt mind playing UT in 3D :)
     
  5. Nedsbeds

    Nedsbeds Badger, Slime, Weasel!!

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    I can't see there being any problems. after all, the way depth perception works is that you are seeing two different images.
     
  6. Dad

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    Update...

    Little pricy for my budget tho...

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