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."
the grass gets trampled (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm working now on gathering software patent info related to Sony.
* http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Sony [swpat.org]
Help welcome.
Re:Read it as "The consumer WILL buy into 3D"... (Score:3, Interesting)
No -- 3D is just a less mature technology, and like sound and movies before them, it'll go through a fad phase before the novelty wears off and somebody gets around to using it to make art.
Re:"Twice As Dark TV" technology (Score:3, Interesting)
I worked at a drive-in theater when I was a teenager. The projectors there and presumably all drive-ins used arc lamps. [wikipedia.org] The lamp's rod was adjusted every reel or two, and replaced when they became too short.
Re:Spectators (Score:3, Interesting)