3D OLEDs

Korean researchers developed a new glasses-free OLED based 3D technology that uses tiny prisms - called lucius prism. The idea is to use an array of these microscale prisms, each basically an OLED to create two different images - one for the right eye and one for the left eye. Currently the researchers describe a four-centimeter square prism array, although they estimate that they can make it larger, to make a 3D TV.

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Sony announced a new product today, the HMZ-T1 - a 3D OLED Head Mounted Display (HMD). They will launch it in in November (in Japan at first) for ¥60,000 (about $780). Sony uses Dual Panel 3D technology which utilizes separate panels for the left and right eyes, each with its own dedicated 3D video.

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Our sister-site OLED-Info launched a new book today - The OLED Handbook. This is a comprehensive guide to OLED technology, market and industry. There is a growing interest in OLEDs - from all over the world, and this guide can help introduce the subject quickly and throughly.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

• OLED technology and materials
• What kind of OLED displays are available today
• What is a Super AMOLED and a Clear Black display
• All about OLED lighting technology
• OLED lighting panels and lamps available today
• The future of OLED displays and lighting
• And lot's more!

Samsung developed a new 5.2" glasses-free 3D AMOLED panel. This OLED achieves very little crosstalk (only 5%) and is only 1mm thick.

The 3D is achieved using fixed parallax barriers.

Sony has unveiled a new 24."5 OLED glasses-free 3D TV prototype. They actually plan to launch this TV during 2011 - but for the B2B market (for professional broadcasting use). The quality is great, but the price will be very high of course, so Sony cannot market this to consumers.

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Younghoon Lee is MasterImage 3D's chairman and CEO - and he was kind enough to answer a few questions we had for him...

Q: MasterImage 3D is active in several 3D markets. Can you provide a short overview of your products and solutions?

MasterImage 3D is focused on enabling 3D as a universal experience on any and all platforms. We believe that in the next five years nearly all content will be available in 3D, across broad arenas, as platforms and applications emerge. Today MasterImage 3D provides digital 3D systems for theaters, auto-stereoscopic 3D display technology for mobile smartphone and tablet devices, and a 3D camera ASIC that enables consumers to create and share 3D content.

Samsung is showing a new flexible 3D OLED TV concept. The idea is that you can actually fold the TV, and thus get optimum 3D images - from anywhere in the room - not just in front of the screen. A nice design, but this is just a concept and not even a prototype yet...