New TV from Philips converts 2D TV to 3D TV

That electronics giant Philips is working on a 3D television isn't particularly surprising, since it's more or less what you'd expect from them, but what really caught our attention is that they've created this special software that can take regular 2D television and convert it into a full-blown three-dimensional experience by analyzing each pixel and the pixels around it and use it to make sort of a guesstimate of their "depth". Supposedly they can even do this in real-time with regular broadcasts and movies so even if the TV networks don't convert over to 3D anytime soon (and given how long the switchover to digital TV and HDTV has been taking, we'd be lucky to see 3D TV by 2020), you'd still be able to get some use out of a 3D television set.

[Via HomeTheater.About.com]