Third Magazine » Patents http://thirdmagazine.com Stereo 3D industry news magazine Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:08:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Apple set to make “magical” 3D displays… http://thirdmagazine.com/2010/05/13/apple-set-to-make-magical-3d-displays/ http://thirdmagazine.com/2010/05/13/apple-set-to-make-magical-3d-displays/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 17:27:27 +0000 "Mitch" http://thirdmagazine.com/?p=1108 No this isn’t the normal magic of a multi-touch display.  It’s a patent for a passive 3D multi-touch display with possible eye tracking.   So in the next 2 to 5 years we should see some sort of device from Apple that takes advantage of 3D depth to further enrich the user experience, now that Apple is taking 3D seriously, without the need for glasses.  Pretty much everyone now will start to wrap their heads around the fact that 3D iPad and iPhone type devices will be a common technology in the not so distant future.

The application states that the invention would need a number of “building blocks” for it to work, including:

  • A two-dimensional projector, including analog mirrors, a polygon scanner or similar device, and driver circuitry.
  • A 3D imager (which may be part of the 2D projector).
  • A projection screen having a surface function.
  • A display interface.
  • A digital signal processor.
  • A host central processing unit with 3D rendering capability.

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Check out the article for some great technical information.

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