Stereoscopic-displays provide
3D vision by displaying two separate images of the same scene on one
screen, one for each eye. Depending on their
technology and implementation, viewing angles wary wildly, and though active
shutter-glasses technologies don’t really suffer from these
obstacles, auto-stereoscopic solutions
still struggle trying to display an identical stereo-image for viewers located
in different parts of a room, who end up seeing either a mono image, or an
incorrectly merged stereo-image, in a significant portion of the viewing
angles.
It looks like Sony has decided to capitalize
on this disadvantage of auto-stereoscopic (glasses-free)
display technology in their 3D HDTVs in a
novel manner, one that seems obvious in hindsight, and can seriously up
the usefulness and interface options of the television.
Called Dual-View technology, Sony will soon
offer 3D TVs with the
ability to display two separate images from two separate sources, at the same
time. What this allows is the ability for individual users to see different
images on the screen, simultaneously, when seated at certain angles with
respect to the television set. As seen in the image above, the centre view
would probably still be blurred when dual-view is switched on.
The technology behind the innovation is still
being developed, and not even a tentative date for production
was mentioned. Applications are numerous though, and when coupled with
dual-headphone or poly-directional audio features, it can allow two sets of
viewers to watch different channels on one television set, at the same time. No
more fighting for the remote?
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