No-glasses 3D display with 64 viewing angles to debut at CeBIT
By Richard Lawler 
posted February 2nd 2010 2:54PM
posted February 2nd 2010 2:54PM
Singaporean outfit Sunny Ocean Studios is pledging to put all of the autostereoscopic 3D we've seen so far to shame with a new 27-inch display offering 64 viewing angles it will show at CeBIT. A serious upgrade from the 8 or 9 viewing angle lenticular displays we saw at CES this year, the company claims it's ready to refit regular displays for 3D and also assist in 2D-to-3D image conversion. We've got all of the usual questions lined up like how will this affect resolution, what's necessary to render the necessary 64 different frames for each viewing angle and of course, how much does it cost, but founder Armin Grasnick says his company can handle screens of up to 100-inches quickly and inexpensively, likely by not wasting precious R&D funds on website design. The current state of 3D is glasses all the way, but we could get a peek at the next step March 2 in Germany.
It's not 64 different frames for each viewing angle--it's 2 frames, one for each eye, and there are 64 different "sweet spots" where the images line up to each eye, left and right. This means there are more locations around the TV to view in 3D and less adjusting your body.
This means the native horizontal resolution is cut in half by placing every other vertical line or sets of lines to each eye simultaneously.
At least this has been the tech for the past 15 years.