Texas Instruments shows off DLP DualView technology

You've already had a chance to see the DLP DualView technology in action, but just in case you needed an official word that it was here to stay (for now, at least), Texas Instruments has doled out just that. Essentially, the system enables two viewers to see two completely different images on the same screen so long as they're both rockin' a set of specialized glasses. Reportedly, TI hopes to make multiplayer gaming a whole lot more fun (and fair, we suppose), but you will need "a compatible source," a 3D-ready DLP TV and a pair of DualView glasses to get things up and running. 'Course, we've no idea how soon this stuff will hit the mainstream, but hey, there's nothing like fraggin' it up with a set of specs that just reek of 1980, right?

[rv @ Jan 7th 2008 2:13PM]

No more screen looking?

[tl @ Jan 7th 2008 5:38PM]

Ooorrrrr, add some wireless headphones & the wife can watch Desperate Housewives while I'm watching Sunday Night Football..

[Other @ Jan 9th 2008 1:18AM]

The DualView HDTVs are already available, but DualView Games are not. Any DLP 3D TVs can do DualView.

http://product.samsung.com/dlp3d/3ddlps.html

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[Dan @ Jan 14th 2008 7:02PM]

I think this is a dead end path.
I'm very doubtful that two full quality images can be displayed separately on one screen viewed by two different personal video device wearers. I hope to be proved wrong. Lower quality images would still be of use in international and other settings.

[Hollywood5 @ Jan 15th 2008 9:17AM]

Not being able to "screen watch" will be huge in the gaming community. I'm interested to see how popular this becomes in the future. I'd love to get a DLP 3D television for this as well as for watching 3D movies. Unlike being in the theaters, you don't have to wear the glasses!

[George @ Jan 17th 2008 10:12AM]

This thing is awesome! DLP is sweet, imagine dual view with the amazing picture and no burn in (unlike LCD or Plasma)