Dialog Semiconductor pushes 2D to 3D conversion chip for phones and tablets
We'll go ahead and put a lid on your swelling excitement level, most likely with two simple words: " parallax barrier ." You see, Dialog Semiconductor's DA8223 is being hailed as the world's first real time 2D to 3D video conversion chip for portable devices, but it requires a parallax barrier display. On the upside, that means that there are no glasses required for viewing, and pretty much any 2D content could be tricked into being 3D for the viewer; the downside, of course, is that it probably won't immerse your senses, overwhelm your eyes or otherwise revolutionize your life
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo, Other Tags: dimension, fraction, glasses, glasses-free3g, months, parallaxbarrier, phone, semiconductor
NTT DoCoMo’s AR Walker is augmented reality at its finest (video)
Say you're in New York... or Tokyo.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: agps, ar walker, arwalker, ceatec 2010, entry, glasses, olympus, ounce, partnership, tokyo
Sharp shows off mobile prototype with 3D screen, 3D camera, and 3D output
We've seen enough home theater 3D already to be well and sick of it, but mobile 3D is still an upcoming sector, one which Sharp seems to be making a bid for.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: camera, friendly, glasses, ifa 2010, nintendo, parallax-screen, prototype, sharp, shooting-grainy, tech, upcoming-sector
Sharp to launch glasses-free 3D smartphone with 3D camera globally this year
Can't say we didn't see this coming. After wooing us with a number of glasses-free 3D displays -- including the one that gives Nintendo 3DS its magic -- and 3D HD cameras for mobile devices, the company has finally laid down the gauntlet
Categories: Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: always-wanted, coming, devices, gauntlet, glasses, magic, nintendo3ds, picture-or-two, pretty-picture, prototype, sharp, spokeswoman, stereoscopic 3d, year