Sharp LCD Has Double Vision

Iria · Jul 14, 2005, 06:59 PM

Sharp has developed a new LCD panel that is capable of showing different images when viewed from the right or left hand sides.

The panel, prototypes of which were shown in Tokyo on Thursday, will go into production later this month and make possible television sets on which two people can watch different programs simultaneously, or computer screens capable of giving battling gamers different views of the same game.

The principle behind the technology is simple but putting it into practice required two-and-a-half years of research and development, says Grant Bourhill, director of optical imaging technology at Sharp Laboratories of Europe, where the early development work was carried out. The Sharp lab, in Oxford, England, has been working on three-dimensional viewing technology since 1992 and the new panel is based on similar technology, he says.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Sharp LCD Has Double Vision Sharp has developed a new LCD panel that is capable of showing different images when viewed from the right or left hand sides. The panel, prototypes of which were shown in Tokyo on Thursday, will go into production later this month and make possible television sets on which two people can watch different programs simultaneously, or computer screens capable of giving battling gamers different views of the same game. The principle behind the technology is simple but putting it into practice required two-and-a-half years of research and development, says Grant Bourhill, director of optical imaging technology at Sharp Laboratories of Europe, where the early development work was carried out. The Sharp lab, in Oxford, England, has been working on three-dimensional viewing technology since 1992 and the new panel is based on similar technology, he says. __________ Read More / Source: PC World