On Jun 2, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Jim Fairman wrote:
There is a new company around that makes a 3D capable 22 inch flat
screen LCD monitor (http://www.iz3d.com) capable of a maximum
resolution of 1680x1050. It is originally designed for the purpose
of playing video games in 3D, but looks promising for ridding
ourselves of the huge bulky CRTs.
I have looked at the specs for this iz3d monitor and the Zalman
ZM-220W (http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_read.asp?
Idx=219). Both are attractive since they are passive stereo. Under
linux, I am pretty sure neither of these will work, at least not with
a Nvidia card. The iz3d uses a non-standard "front-back" 3D imaging,
and you need their special drivers only available on Windoz. The
Zalman is a bit more promising since it does "left-right", but the
monitor uses interlacing to present the left & right images. The
nvidia xorg driver does have two interlaced stereo modes for quadro
cards, but who knows if either of these would work.
On Jun 5, 2008, at 5:57 PM, James M. Vergis wrote:
Has anyone tried a 3D DLP-TV? They have the input for a
stereographics
emitter. Probably too big for a desktop but at 50-72" they would
work in a
conference room. They range in price from $1900-3500. Here is the
link for
the SAMSUNG website http://product.samsung.com/dlp3d/index.html.
Mitsubishi
also sells 3D TVs... I'm not sure about other manufacturers.
I was at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Las Vegas
this year (don't ask why) and I saw demonstrations of a lot of 3D
television technology. Specifically, TDVision Systems, Inc. was
demoing one of these Samsung 3D DLPs with a Star Wars III clip in HD.
The 3D effect was pretty nice. As James mentioned, they were using an
emitter & shutter glass setup (which is an add-on product for a few
extra $100). The reason that this is possible is the 120Hz technology
now available in these HDTVs. I am very curious if the new 120Hz LCD
HDTVs could also be used for stereo purposes. I am just not sure if
they would accept and respect a 120Hz signal over VGA/DVI input. A
50" HDTV in a conference room doing 3D presentations would be pretty
cool.
This fall TDVision is also supposed to release a HD head mount display
that can do 3D at 1280x768. This is significantly better than the
800x600 resolution of most HDMs.
I do have to agree that 3D is a bit more of a novelty than actually
being useful. Realspace refinement in coot has reduced the
effectiveness of 3d stereo. That being said, if drivers are made for
that ZM-220W or if 120Hz LCDs come to the desktop market, I will
probably start using the stereo technology again.
That's my 2.1 cents adjusted for inflation.
Jeff
Jeffrey Wilson, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Molecular Genetics Department
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