Apple files patent for 3D projection system

APPLE HAS FILED a patent for for an intriguing new projection system which will allow multiple users to view three dimensional images without wearing any kind of glasses or headgear.

The technology would consist, according to the folks at Apple Insider, of a projection screen having a predetermined angularly-responsive reflective surface function which would produce depth perception to the viewer even though the image is produced by a flat device.

Having spent an hour or two reading the eye-wateringly complex patent application (follow the link below to see it for yourself. We particularly like the drawing of a typical Mac user) we can only conclude that it works a bit like those plastic picture thingies that change depending on which angle you look at them from. Just a bit more technological. µ

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