The Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at MIT has created a new screen technology that allows you to watch 3D movies without glasses.
In reality, the new technology makes the image even sharper. It is called Cinema 3D, and besides the above, it makes the image visible from any seat in the theater.
“Existing approaches for glasses-free 3D displays use screens whose resolution requirements are enormous and completely unattainable”, says MIT professor Wojciech Matusik.
“This is the first technical approach that does not require 3D glasses in large venues.”
MIT reports that the 3D displays that do not require glasses use a technology called parallax barrier. This particular technology uses a series of slits to force each of your eyes to see different pixels.
The problem with this technology is that the viewer must sit directly in front of the screen, and at a close distance.
This, of course, is not easy in a cinema hall, and thus the researchers created screens with the new Cinema 3D technology.
We should note that we probably will not see the new technology soon, as the current test model is about the size of an iPad and requires many mirrors and lenses.
“It remains to see if the approach is economically feasible to make it a full theater screen” says Matusik.
“We are optimistic that it is important for the next step in the development of glasses-free 3D screen technology for large spaces, such as movie theaters and auditoriums.”
