If you're vaguely remembering a mention of MLD, you're not crazy. Around
this time last year, PureDepth announced that it was teaming up with Samsung to crank out a 46-inch Multi-Layer Display LCD. Fast forward to now, and we're hearing that the first MLD wares should be hitting the streets relatively soon. The technology itself consists of building displays that are in fact two or more layers of LCD panel that share a common back-light source, thus creating a depth effect when viewing material. As it stands,
the outfit has signed agreements with Samsung (obviously) for development of displays in mobile handsets and Sanyo for mobiles, gaming solutions and automotive electronics (including in-car navigation). Interestingly enough, Q1 2008 saw quite the
surge in support for the
3D sector, making the launch of MLD that much more applicable to the apparent desires of content viewers. Check out a few sample images and product prototypes in the gallery below.
posted Apr 28th 2008 5:17PM
The Ring comes to mind...
i want a video!
Watch a video demonstration of a Multi-Layered Display on your single layered LCD monitor.
What a novel idea!
if it is multi layered, then moving the camera side to side will let us see the depth, dur!
Thats almost as useful as HDTV advertisements on a standard tv.
This guy was able to show us his method to have 3D vision! And it's great! Let us view your technology
Sorry....
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
so this is where the big push for flat screen tv's is ending up, with box's just as big as the ones we payed thousands to replace
yep, but who cares about thinness? (sarcasm, although in truth i dont really care for it much)
....why can't the TV's screens be as thin as the phone's screens?
Making a thin TV.
Because your cellphone's screen doesn't need a built in tuner, inputs, and a 25" lamp.
You think that it might be just a bit late to be bringing this technology to the public? Thicker LCD displays when we've already been shown credit card thin OLED displays with better picture? They might have a winner if they can apply the design concept to OLED technology. Otherwise, they might as well be displaying "advanced" CRT technology.
Am I really the first person to mention how cool porn should be on this thing?
Yes you are, pervert.
It's kind of a given; porn is usually the first industry to adopt new technology.
VHS, DVD, Streaming Video, Pay-Per-View Services, the friggin' internet in general are all examples of technology that saw some of its first and most widespread application in the porno industry.
I thought about it, but I didn't want to be that dude that first mentions it.
AFAIK porn DVDs are the only ones that actually use the multiple video angles DVD supports.
I've seen demos of these a while back but they were fatter than this so I'm actually surprised they even have a mobile version.
yes check out the gallery first before you think it's only that fat version
Teach me! Ginpachi Sensei! (in ref to his avatar)
In the past we had fat TVs, now we have thin TVs, and it looks like we will have fat TVs again in the future.
Never mind, Mike said it better.
I would personally sacrifice thin-ness for added visual 'depth' in the picture.
The application I'd be most excited about would be games though. Could make WoW or FPS's scarily immersive.
Okay, but wouldn't the media have to be specially designed for this thing? How would it separate foreground from background on any image? Wouldn't you need a video format that includes depth information (or at least an alpha channel to separate foreground and background), plus a camera to record that information? Is this being aimed at the animation crowd alone, for whom all these things already exist?
Yes you are, pervert.
Sorry, that was a reply to decypher44.
Derek, that was pretty funny. Had to mark you up for that. It was so random and seemed like such a smartass response to frankXchange. Hahaha.
Mac user talking to himself in engadget comments:
"Yes you are, pervert."
*sigh*
Engadget, do fix your comment engine, it still seems a bit... off.
There is a limitation that they are glossing over and that is that the colors from the two panels will be blended together using subtractive blending, most of the demos I've seen seem to be dark foreground images on a light background, the reverse is impossible with this system I think. You couldn't display anyone on the front screen if the rear screen was completely black and anything on the front screen will be effected by whats behind it.
Finally, a TV that comes with a frightening ghost that reaches at you through the screen... Crossing my fingers for Christmas!
What's the widest possible angle you can move through and still the the 3D image? 20 degrees? 30? Anything beyond that and the sides of the box get in the way.
You can move the back display forward to improve the viewing angle, but why not just have ONE display and use software to compute the foreground layer and background layer? Like we do right now...
Every other 3D technology I have ever seen is more promising than this monstrosity. Yes, that includes cardboard spectacles with a red lens and a green lens.
This technology will never make it.
It's too thick, and multi layer will not look anywhere near as good as a true stereoscopic screens.
It will look more like a 2D hologram gone wrong.
Honestly, I would rather have a nice thin OLED with head tracking. That Wii mod with that goofy hat would be better than this bulky thing. I wounder if filming could be done to suit head tracking...
Seems like a business plan to sell twice as many displays. I can't believe none of you said this already. Depth perception with such a setup will be minimal if you keep the appearance of the thing anywhere near socially acceptable.
I think this technology could be great for specialized purposes. Think if Microsoft designed Surface around this technology.
If she want to reach out and touch me, I'm fine with that.
This technology rocks! I'm going to buy two of them!!