Technical / Research

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:

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:

Burton is showing a new system that uses lasers to create a volumetric display, 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.

The prototype system on show is monochromatic and can handle about 50,000 "pixels" (or voxels) per second, or 10-15 frames per second. Burton is already working on the next generation which will add red and blue lasers to get color images, and will also reach 24-30 fps.

Back in August, Sony, Panasonic and Samsung announced a new initiative to standardize active 3D glasses called the Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative. Now this initiative has launched. The wireless protocols included in this standard are RF and IR and these glasses will be compatible the XPanD 3D standard. Compatible glasses and sets will show the logo displayed below.

Twelve companies said they will support the new standard - Changhong Electric, FUNAI Electric, Hisense, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Philips, Seiko Epson, Sharp, SIM2 Multimedia, TCL, Toshiba and ViewSonic. The companies setup a test center that will verify compliance of products with the initiative's specifications.

There are reports that Apple are developing a new glasses-free 3D display - that will "reinvent the way consumers perceive 3D". This new 3D technology will be applicable from small 3.5" mobile device displays to large 32" panels. The reports say that Apple will reveal this towards the middle of 2012.

via Examiner

Researchers from Japan's Tsukuba University developed a new glasses-free 3D display that uses several layers and lenses to create depth perception:

The resolution of the current prototype is 200x200.

MasterImage 3D and Chimei Innolux (CMI) are showing a new 4.3" glasses-free 3D panel featuring 720p resolution. This LCD TFT panel is made by CMI and features MasterImage 3D's Cell-Matrix Parallax Barrier technology. The companies are showing this new prototype at the FPD 2011 exhibition together with unique 3D content developed by MasterImage 3D Media.