Sharp's 3D tablet panel doesn't require glasses, RGBY 3D TVs launching this summer do

Horhay

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Jan 27, 2009
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Don't think Sharp's going to sit by and let Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony have all the 3D TV fun. The Japanese company, and fourth-largest LCD TV maker, plans to begin selling its own 3D TVs in Japan this summer before launching in the US, Chinese, and European markets sometime later in the year. To prove it, Sharp ponied up some sample RGBY ("Y" for yellow) 3D LCD panels it claims to be the "industries brightest" in sizes up to 60-inches. While these biggie panels all require active 3D shutter glasses for the extra-dimensional effect, Sharp was also showing off a 10.1-inch 3D display prototype for netbooks or tablets that -- like its 3.4-inch parallax barrier display announced last week and suspected to be headed to Ninty town -- doesn't require glasses at all and can be produced with or without a touchscreen. No word on when that pup might begin mass production, however. 60-inch panel pictured after the break with a real live woman doing the pointing -- amazing.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/sharps-3d-tablet-panel-doesnt-require-glasses-rgby-3d-tvs-lau/

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This would be cool if no glasses are needed.
 
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There has to be glasses... All it is doing is tricking the mind... otherwise you would need two tv's close enough where one eye could focus on once and the other on the other... That's all 3d glasses do.
 
The only way I can see it happen is if we have 240hz televisions and quickly switch between the two images.. though even that I can't see making 3d without glasses.