Sharp Launching 3D Smartphone This Year
Apparently Sharp is incorporating its parallax barrier display and 3D module camera in a smartphone.
Wednesday a spokesperson for Sharp Corp said that the company will release a smartphone that will feature a 3D screen that won't require special glasses. Although no hardware specifics were given, the upcoming device may also include a 3D capable camera and ship worldwide by the end of the year.
The upcoming device will presumably use the parallax barrier display revealed back in April. During the presentation, Sharp showcased a 3.4-inch, 854 x 480 resolution touchscreen LCD utilizing the new glasses-free technology. The 3D effect was achieved using a series of vertical slits that controlled the direction of light from the screen. This allowed different images to be directed to the left and right eyes, creating the 3D illusion.
Later in May Sharp added a 3D camera module for mobile devices to its arsenal, capable of capturing 720p 3D video images. Although Sharp said that samples would begin to ship in July, mass production would commence within 2010. At the time Sharp didn't specify its intentions to incorporate the display and camera technologies into its own smartphone, however the plan should have been obvious from the start.
While Sharp is Japan's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, the company recently tanked with Microsoft's Kin in the North American market, canceled in just under three months after the initial launch. It will be interesting to see how 3D will be incorporated into a smartphone environment--we're still waiting to get our hands on the Nintendo 3DS, the handheld gaming platform that uses Sharp's parallax barrier display technology.
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Interesting. I do wonder what OS this thing will run. If Windows Phone 7, it would be quite a lot of new things in one package. The 3D camera also would be a kick to use and the tech seams simple and effective. Either way this is one year that you don't want to rush, but does have us waiting for some amazing tech near the end and beginning of the next.
yes it is interesting...hardware specs, OS and prices would be cool but i guess we have to wait.
I would be interested in 3D, why not? But i don't think i would choose my phone just because it is 3D.
My phone is in 3D right now....So is my keyboard, my monitor, and everything I look at...Geez Next thing my Coffee will be 3D
I think the 3D effect with be interesting, but this will only be a simple gimmick if there isn't proper software to implement it correctly. You can have all the goodies in the world on your phone, but if there's nothing to utilize it in a way to really get people to say "wow" then it'll just be meh.
Soon, people hating 3D like me will be forced to game in 3D, watch TV in 3D and even send text messages in 3D.
What's wrong with good old 2D? It's easier on the eyes and it is far more pleasant imo.
id rather see Sony's RayModeler display make it into a cell phone then this
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28 [...] sses-free/
Soon, people hating 3D like me will be forced to game in 3D, watch TV in 3D and even send text messages in 3D. What's wrong with good old 2D? It's easier on the eyes and it is far more pleasant imo.
I kinda hear you...where is the practicality...3D is just for pleasuring the senses, but in its current state phase, its not boosting any productivity...im perfectly happy with seeing a 3D movie in the movie theater every once in a while instead of having all my media bombard me in 3D on an everyday basis. Of course my opinion could change as the technology gets even better, and it becomes even more practical to use everyday.
3D the new HD! God you gotta love hype...
next step a 3D Watch
(a 1inch size....)
$100 says that 2 years from now Apple will bring out a 3D iPhone and claim it as innovative.
really? give me a break...what idiot came up with this idea?
I can't wait for the Nintendo 3DS to come out, probably later this year. It has the same type of LCD, and was showcased successfully to tons of people at E3 in Los Angeles this past June. I'm pretty excited about the prospect of a 3D DS, with all my favorite ports from the N64 and Gamecube in 3D.
I'm much less enthusiastic about the technology in a phone, however. Maybe the cellphone makers should concentrate on making a smoother, faster, and more stable phone. I mean, I would love to have the smoothness of an iPhone on my Droid... minus the Steve Jobs-ness of course.
Hitachi already sells 3D phone since last year apparently.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29 [...] 2009-line/
id rather see Sony's RayModeler display make it into a cell phone then thishttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28 [...] sses-free/
This looks interesting as it offers the possibility to move around the 3D scene. Closest prototype to holodeck I have seen.
And they clearly show that two users do not see the same perspective which is generally not shown in other prototypes demo that trick us to believe that they can display multiple perspective at the same time.
I already use a Sharp phone so understandably I'm very excited to see what they can bring out worldwide.