Toshiba Glasses-Free 3D Laptop Coming in August
It's the "world's first" glasses-free 3D notebook, claims Toshiba.
Tuesday Toshiba announced that it's launching the "world's first" glasses-free 3D laptop next month. Called the Qosmio F750 3D, it will have the ability to display a combination of 2D and 3D images on screen simultaneously, and will even feature a 2D-to-3D converter for turning your favorite-yet-flat DVD movies into 3D goodness.
According to Toshiba, the laptop's state-of-the-art lenticular screen is only part of the equation – the integrated webcam intelligently tracks the user's eye movements, allowing it to adjust the 3D effect to match the user's eye position. "The Qosmio F750 3D can also display 2D and 3D content simultaneously – allowing users to browse the internet, for example, in one window and have 3D content playing in another window," the company said.
Based Toshiba's list of specs, the upcoming laptop will feature a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) glasses-free 3D display (120 Hz), the HD webcam with eye tracking technology, Intel's second generation Core i7 processor (2.00/2.90 GHz Turbo) and a 1.333 MHz Nvidia GeForce GT540M GPU (up to 2 GB). There will also be a 640 GB (5400rpm) SATA HDD, 6 GB of DDR3 (1333 MHz) RAM, a Blu-ray XL re-recordable drive, a multi-card reader, Wi-Fi 802.11 (b/g/n), Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, three USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, HDMI output and more.
"The Qosmio F750 3D is available in a Shiny Red finish, and features a distinctive wavelet pattern across the chassis lid, while a carbon pattern on the inside palm rest gives the laptop a premium finish," the company said. "Additionally, the EasyControl bar includes seven dedicated buttons, sat above the matt black keyboard, providing users with feather-touch control over multimedia and 3D features."
The Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D will be available in the UK for £1300 ($2100) starting August 2011, and should be available here in the States sometime shortly thereafter. Stay tuned for an actual price and launch date.
Are we really there yet, to substitute the glasses?
Why there are no Monitors announced that supports this?
Hardware-wise, I give it a thumbs-up, but still, $2100 is pretty steep, even for cutting-edge display tech.
And why would anyone want to do this?
I want my holodeck already.
Do you mean GHz?
Anyway, this would be really nice... too bad the price is so high, though. I have never actually seen a glasses-free screen, but if they work right I would certainly like that better than glasses (I really like the idea of using the camera for checking eye position... great idea, if it works).
I do find that movies, or at least the limited movies I've seen, are a lot more gimmicky, due to everything but the focus point of the movie, being out of focus. It does defeat the purpose of 3D until they find a new method of making 3D movies.
However, in 3D gaming, if you set up the plains and distances correctly, it should be pretty much like real life. Our eyes are always adjusting looking at different distances. The only problem is when they force you to focus on something only a foot away from your face and back to long distances. That does strain you, just like it can in real life, but that can be adjusted through 3D settings.
Currently, 3D gaming seems to work the best, and when everything is setup right, it really does give a great 3D effect. 3D movies on the other hand, need a way to put everything in focus but at different depths. Current movies don't do this and it seems gimmicky.