3D devices

MSI announced the world's first large screen Full-HD 3D enabled All-in-One PC. The display is a 24"120Hz LED LCD that supports full-HD (1080p) resolution. It also supports active-shutter 3D glasses.

We do not have a release date or pricing info yet.

According to Digitimes, Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will soon (1H 2010) begin mass-production of 23.6" and 27" LCD panels that are 3D and touch enabled. The 27" panel will have 120Hz refresh rate, optical multi-touch and will support active-shutter glasses.

AUO, Samsung and LG Display are also developing 3D touch panels.

Tom's guide has posted a nice review of the Acer GS235HZ and the Alienware AW2310 - putting them one against the other to find out which is the best 3D LCD for gaming. Both monitors are 23" in size, support full-HD and have a 120Hz refresh rate. Both of them also use Nvidia's GeForce 3D vision kit. The Alienware is available for $700 including the 3D kit (and $500 without the 3D kit), while the Acer is cheaper at $399.99 (without the $200 kit). So the Alienware is $100 more expensive.

Alienware OptX AW2310

Tom's conclusion? both monitors are great, and an excellent choice for 3D gaming. The Alienware is better because it has extra ports, available swivel and tilt, touch-buttons and a better design. But it also costs $100 extra.

TI showed a new 3D display for mobile phones, running on an OMP3 chipset. The display is a 120Hz LCD with an 3M film that direct the images to the left or right eye alternately (3M has unveiled this technology back in November 2009). There's no need for glasses - although movies do not look so good (still images are said to be great). 

TI also said that the new OMAP4 chips will enable HD 3D movies (dual 720p) and output them via HDMI. Phones that will have two cameras will be able to record 3D images. 

Via PCMag

Acer's GD235HZ 23.6" (1920x1080, 120Hz) full-HD 3D monitor is coming to the US. Or at least, it's got a price - $400. There's no release date yet. It is already shipping in Europe, we hear.

Chinese researchers have created the largest 3D holographic display at 1.8 x 1.3 m². Their invention also includes a way to record and transmit the images. The use 64 digital cameras to capture a 3D object, and the large display uses 64 projectors to re-create the image.

Each projector emits its data onto a holographic functional display screen at various angles. By mirroring the image capture setup, the projectors can recreate the original 3D object. Since the magnification depends only on the ratio between the geometry sizes of projector and camera arrays, the screen size is not limited by the usual restraints experienced by holographic technology. In fact this method can be used to create 3D images in any size, and retain a high-quality image.

The team wants to commercialize this system, but are currently busy optimizing it and developing hardware and software solutions for various applications.

Via Optics.org

TechOn reports that Sharp is showing new 3D LCD TVs that have a 3D Blu-ray player built in. The TV is 60", 1920x1080 (full HD), 120HZ refresh rate (60HZ for 3D) and has LED backlighting.

Sharp plans to release it towards the end of 2010.