Sony will introduce 3D-capable products for home entertainment in 2010. Such items will include a 1080p LCD TV in the Bravia line, and will extend to personal computers, Sony’s PlayStation gaming console and Blu-ray proucts. A demonstration 3D-capable Bravia LCD TV was exhibited at IFA2009 as shown above.
The stereoscopic illusion will require that the viewer wear special ‘active shutter’ glasses that open and close in unison with the display, so as to transmit the correct image to the correct eye. This requires that the glasses be powered and have wireless connectivity to the TV or monitor. By contrast, most movie theater 3D is achieved via the much simpler polarization.
Sony has also produced an apparently unintentionally humorous documentary illutrating the many benefits and uses of being entertained in all three dimensions, following…
Sony brings 3D Home in 2010 – Sony press release, September 2 2009
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i still think that 3-d images in general have to get a little clearer and sharper before this catches on big time.
How about pictures on walls in 3D? On second thought, that might be a little freaky.