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NLT Technology developed a new glasses-free 3D LCD display that uses their new HxDP (Horizontal x times-Density Pixels, an enhancement to existing HDDP, or Horizontal Double-Density Pixels technology) - to create mutiple viewpoints and allow 2D and 3D images on the same screen at the same time. The company produced a prototype 3.1" panel.

3DIS, a Korean 3D display producer has developed a new glasses-free 4.5" HD (1280x720) 3D LCD panel. The new panel uses the company's parallax barrier technology. 3DIS says that the new panel features has a wide 3D viewing angle, low 3D crosstalk (max 1%) and high brightness.

Fujitsu is developing a new adapter that can be covert any mobile phone into a 3D camera. Fujitsu's idea is to use two mirrors that send two different images to the phone's camera sensor. You will then have to send the resulting image (which reduces the resolution by 75%, by the way) to Fujitsu which will apply some image processing in order to turn it into a proper 3D image.

AU Optronics plans to start producing 65" glasses-free 3D panels in 2H 2012. The company hopes to sell around 700,000 units by year's end.

source: Digitimes

Microsoft unveiled a new project that aims to turn any reflective surface (such as a mirror) to an auto-stereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D display. We do not have any technical information yet, beside this proof-of-concept demo:

The Communications Research Centre of Canada is showing a new research that involves projecting a 3D image into a curved screen. They say that this provides a better 3D image, and indeed reports suggest that the curved display enables a more immersive experience: but only if the 3D objects are positions on the near-horizontal portion of the screen. This may be useful for video conferencing in particular.

The setup on display used a regular Optoma 3D projector that uses active glasses.

Dolby and Philips have jointly created a 3D format and content delivery technology, dubbed Dolby 3D. The new format enables HD 3D content on any 3D device display - including glass-free displays.

The technology automatically optimizes video for different screen sizes and even ups the resolution of "half-resolution" passive 3D to full resolution.