Glasses-free 3D

Burton is showing their Aerial True 3D volumetric display at CES 2012. This display (unveiled on November 2011) uses lasers to create a volumetric display and is based on technology developed in 2006 by AIST and Keio University. The idea is to use lasers to produce plasma excitation from oxygen an nitrogen atoms in the air:

Sony is showing a new 46" glasses-free 3D TVs. The panel is an LCD panel, here's a video showing the display in action:

Microsoft research has unveiled Vermeer, a novel "interactive 360° viewable display" suitable for a tabletop form factor. Vermeer provides viewpoint corrected auto-stereoscopic 3D graphics to simultaneous users 360° around the display:

Exceptional 3D announced a new 55" glasses-free display product. This is not a TV - it's aimed towards public spaces, digital signage and vertical markets. The LCD display offers Full-HD (1080p) resolution.

MasterImage 3D announced that they will unveil two new glasses-free displays next week at CES 2012. The first will be a 4.3" 720p HD one, aimed for smartphones. The second is a 10.1" WUXGA (1920x1200) display, obviously aimed towards tablets. The demos at CES will be base don TI's OMA4430 and OMAP4460 platforms (running Android).

The 4.3" display is built in collaboration with CMI, and seems to be the same one unveiled back in October 2011.

Back in May 2010, StreamTV started pre-orders for 37" and 42" glasses-free 3D TVs which never shipped. At CES 2011 the company unveiled the Elocity range of glasses-free 3D TVs (42", 56", 60") - which didn't ship either.

Now the companies issued a PR in which they say they will unveil new TVs at CES 2012 - Ultra-D glasses-free 3D TVs with realtime 2D-to-3D conversion. Will it be for real now?

According to Sony Gulf managing director Osamu Miura, the company plans to launch glasses-free 3D TVs within 3-4 years. Sony is also working towards OLED TVs and 4K technology products within the same time frame.

Back in CES 2011 Sony demonstrated a glasses-free 24.5" OLED panel.