Sharp has received much media attention for its "new" LCD monitor capable of displaying images in 3D. "New" has quotation marks, because the same technology was released last year as part of a notebook computer. The benefit of the LL-151-3D is that it does not require polaroid or red-green glasses.
Great for 3D CAD, eh? Before rushing out to buy the US$1,499 monitor, consider these issues:
1. Your head must be in a precise location; no lounging with your feet up on the desk, head tilted to one side. Two people can't see the 3D image at the same time.
2. The resolution is only 1024x768 and the screen size is only 15".
3. People with visual problems -- no depth perception, one eye (no joke) -- won't see images in 3D.
4. The software has to support displaying 3D images. Even then, Sharp says the monitor "most likely" displays the images in 3D with such software.
5. It sounds like only nVidia graphics boards are supported; ATI are not.
6. The product does not ship until September.
A data sheet is here in PDF format.
You silly twits!
Noone with just one eye can see in 3D. No matter what they look at.
Posted by: | Aug 20, 2004 at 01:58 PM