i3D’s glasses-free prototype screen aims to take on all of 3D’s problem areas

i3D’s glasses-free prototype screen aims to take on all of 3D’s problem areas — Engadget

Uncomfortable, expensive glasses and a lack of 3D content — that’d be the short list of stuff we dislike about current 3D TVs, but coincidentally it also happens to be the exact issues i3D is determined to wipe out with its glasses-free technology. We stopped by to meet with the young, Los Angeles-based company last week, and though it obviously isn’t the first to develop spec-less displays, its proprietary hardware and software combo was really impressive. The demo of a 7-inch prototype really tells the whole story — and we encourage you all to see it for yourself in the video after the break, though obviously you won’t be able to experience all three dimensions from your standard LCD. Our time screen-gazing was pretty breathtaking, even though the smaller display was far from immersive. As for the viewing angle issue that’s the Achilles’ heel of the others, i3D claims its technology allows for three-dimensional viewing at close to 90 degrees, though it was hard for us to really evaluate that on such a small screen.

The coolest thing by far is the software’s ability to convert 2D to 3D content on the fly.