Sony Developing 3D Screen-Sharing Technology For Two Players 174
Stoobalou writes "Sony has recently published patent applications which will allow two-player 3D gaming on a single screen. The new technology could spell an end to split-screen gaming, but is unlikely to see the light of day for a few years at least. Sony's method would allow player one to see frames one and three whilst player two would see frames two and four. Current technology requires a display with a 120 Hz refresh rate so it seems likely that we'll have to wait for 240Hz screen technology to become commonplace before two-player 3D becomes a reality. PDF versions of the two applications are available."
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Sony was the target of a 3D patent in 2004:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/04/mckool_smith_lawsuit_update/ [theregister.co.uk]
Their legal department might be trying to recuperate their costs now by suing others. It's a game that benefits no one. Meanwhile, Sony is part of the MPEG-LA consortium that's preventing free software and SMEs from including support for MPEG video formats, so they deserve no good will.
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/MPEG_video_formats [swpat.org]
http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harm_to_standards_and_compatibility [swpat.org]
When a video doesn't play, or when a company expresses doubt about supporting a free format, it's due to MPEG-LA.
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The sad part.. Everyone is gung ho on making flat panel 3d with shutter glasses. yet nobody has a 3d projector that uses polarizers so you can use lighter and cheaper glasses.
for the price of these 42" plasmas and a set of 4 glasses I can set up a 109" dual projector and stewart screen, and have 90 pairs of glasses plus not have the problems with the shutter system.