Apple to Bring Glasses-Free 3D to iPod Touch?

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Posted January 17, 2011 at 12:17pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple may be preparing to manufacture small glasses-free 3D LCD panels for the iPod touch, according to a Macotakara source inside a company which provides LCDs to Apple.

This 3D LCD panel reportedly looks similar to Sharp's LCD which is capable for displaying 3D image without glasses on vertical and horizontal position.

Macotakara points to Apple patents for "Three-dimensional display system" and "Systems and methods for adjusting a display based on the user's position" saying, Small 3D LCD and these patents suggest that next iPod probably has glasses-free 3D LCD which is capable viewing interactive 3D objects with tracking user's, probably identified by face recognition feature, position by FaceTime camera and 3D integrated gaming interface.

[via CultofMac]

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Aric - January 18, 2011 at 6:28am

Why 'coming to iPod Touch'? Obviously any big new features come to iPhone first.

dancj - January 18, 2011 at 7:47am

Exactly what I was thinking. If the iPhone 5 has a 3d screen and 64gb storage then I think I'll have to upgrade this summer...

SuperTiti - January 17, 2011 at 8:06pm

No needs of head tracking. The gyro does it ! It works different, but it works. By moving your head you won't see any 3D but by moving the device (exactly as shown on this video), 3D is revealed ! :-)

dancj - January 18, 2011 at 7:49am

I don't think that would work very well. If you were sitting in one position it could be great, but if you're sitting on a bus or something and the bus turns a corner it would be terrible.

SuperTiti - January 18, 2011 at 5:52pm

LoL ! It seems that your totally right !