You don’t need special glasses to play with Nintendo’s 3DS, but that won’t be happening on big screens any time soon.
Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung said that, “Considering our current technology, we can make glasses-free 3D TV in R&D level, however it can be viewed from only a few viewing spots. To make naturally viewed glasses-free 3D TV, for instance in a living room where several people can watch TV from various angles, it needs at least 32 viewing spots. We believe that creating a prototype for lab-grade glasses-free 3D TV, broadcasting system and display will take about five years.
“For mass commercialization to become possible, manufacturing costs must come down and TV broadcasters will have to upgrade infrastructure, which includes securing transmission band.
“Attempts to put glasses-free 3D TV to market within the next 10 years will be difficult.”
By that time, will anybody still want one? I don’t even want one now.
