Philips has another crack at 3D displays
PHILIPS IS SHOWING OFF its 2D-plus-Depth content (so 3D then?) at the IBC 2008 show in Amsterdam.
The company has its special 'no-glasses-required' displays set up with three demos designed to show how easy it is to tack on this feature to existing content distribution infrastructures without sending the storage or bandwidth requirements through the ceiling.
The first demo is one for 3D Blu-Ray content. For the second Philips has teamed up with Telefónica to show off streaming over IP.
Raúl Ortega del Rio, the director of Telefónica's R&D department reckons that the demo, "is the first worldwide experience that provides 3D TV, without the need for viewing glasses, integrated in a standard IPTV solution, and supported by a standard network." He said the bandwidth needed is upped by 15 per cent, rather than doubling it like other systems do.
The last time we saw any '3D without glasses' stuff it looked pretty impressive, but only if you were the right distance away and looking at it straight on, not particularly good for a family lounge environment.
Philips now has four 3D displays, coming in 52-, 42-, 22- and eight-inch models.
To date putting 3D on 2 has been something of a faltering technology because it's incredibly difficult to implement well. Perhaps it's finally coming of age. µ
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The question in my mind is: After you generate a full 3D environment, how much extra computing power does it take to extend it to other locations within the environment? I mean if 2 or more people want to share the environment, does it become cheaper and cheaper to add an extra person? Or maybe it makes the computing cost WORSE every time you add a new person. (or animal, for that matter)