Toshiba to release glasses-free 3D TV this year?

As early as the end of this year in Japan, according to a report, Toshiba will release televisions capable of displaying 3D content that, unlike current models, do not require viewers to don special glasses.

[Montrealien]

I guess good things come to those who wait.

[UnSelf]

u dont need special glasses, u just need to be special

[UnwanteDreamz]

With all do respect to those people waiting for glasses free 3D. You will be waiting alot longet than you think for a glasses free 3D expierence on a TV that matches what glasses can do now.

All of you doubters need to do yourself a favor and actually research the tech. It is painfully obvious that at the momment you have no idea what you are talking about.

I can't wait for glasses free 3D on my TV. I know that when the day comes my game console will support it. All of the 3D displays to have come out without glasses are nothing to be impressed with.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Is precisely why I am not willing to jump in and drink Sony's Cool-aid for the their Glasses dependent experience.

[UnSelf]

*smacks* its Kool-Aid

[Baka-akaB]

keep telling yourself that , by the time the kinks are worked out and those sets are affordable , the early birds are enjoying 3d as of right now , and will be enjoying it again same as you when glassless 3d is worth something .

The naysayers arent as smart as they usually think they are

[nycredude]

You can get a 46 samsung 3d hdtv for $1,500 already. By end of this year it will be $1,200 or less.

[UnwanteDreamz]

If you think Sony isn't already working on Autosterescopic 3D then you are a fool. They will have Autosterescopic 3D TV's out when the tech is fleshed out enough for consumers. To date all 3D displays without glasses have failed in the market.

[alphakennybody]

yea i'm not shelling out $3k for a 3d tv with glasses but i'm willing to pay up
$9k for a glaaseless 3dtv /s

[UnSelf]

dont mess wit eddy raja!!

[GrilledCheeseBook]

they've been showing 3DTV's without glasses for a couple years now which is why I haven't bought a 3DTV yet

[divideby0]

^ nah, be honest ...

the real reason many of us have not been into 3D is the LACK OF CONTENT...

if there were a glasses TV set out now, the price would be so expensive and still there is so little 3D content. I'd say you were rich or just a fool to have purchased a 3D set before this year, as you said you would have

[ApocalypseShadow]

but in those years you have been waiting,the price on glassless tvs still hasn't dropped enough for consumer consumption.which is why the 3D we have now is cheaper and ready for the masses.and it works.

i'm all for glassless.but i'd rather play today looking like i'm protecting my eyes from the sun,than wait another 5-10 years just to get the chance to try 3D the glassless way.

[Lovable]

This is bound to happen, and the more I see how 3D gets implemented to further improve the experience, the more I believe that this really is the future...

[a08andan]

And one more chance for me to post a post from my blog to explain why I think that 3D with glasses is here to stay :) Bubs up if you agree and enjoyed the reading :)

"After seeing more of the Playstation move at Gamescom it got me thinking. But before I start, let me point out that this is NOT meant to be seen as a fanboy piece. This is simply a piece about the potential in Sonys ps3 with the move and the Playstation 4. When I hear nice stuff from MS I will post something similar about the Xbox and its future.

A few months ago I read about Sony filing a patent for stereoscopic splitscreen. Clarification: Stereoscopic 3D requires glasses. You may argue that the 3D technology that require glasses is not here to stay but that is not what I see. Stereoscopic splitscreen makes it possible to play multiplayer for 2 people on the same TV without dividing the screen in two and get a window with half the size of your TV. Just that alone is impressive. I don’t see this coming to ps3 but I thinks its very possible that this will be a part of the ps4 at launch. You may think that’s all this technology can do, but if u think about it that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

This technology will also make it possible to watch two DIFFERENT movies at the same time on the same TV. It will also be possible to play two different games at once, for example if you feel like playing an RPG and your friend/lover/husband/wife/what ever wants to play a racing game, this will be possible without the need of another TV+console.
And this is truly awesome. The technology is amazing and Sony will make it work very well.
But it doesn’t end there. I’m very sure that the Playstation Move will be perfected even more over the years and be released together in some sort of bundle with the ps4. What will all this do for gaming?

It will take the co-op two a whole new level. You will no longer need to be in the same area as the other player, but it doesn’t end there.

Imagine a game much like Age of Empires or whatever. One of the players plays in an age that is, let’s say, a 1000 years before the age that the other player is playing in. What the first player does will affect the second player in real time. For example, imagine the first player digging out a cave in his age. The cave will then appear in the second player’s age perhaps filled with computer-generated items and monsters or whatever. Imagine how it will be working together in a game like that. It would be truly awesome. Or imagine the competition it could bring. The two players will not see each other’s screen, but may still compete and affect each other. For example, the second player builds a castle on a hill. The first player destroys that hill in his age making the castle in the second player’s age collapse. The first player will not see that the second player has built a castle there of course. This is pretty much like a very, very advanced version of “Sink the battleship” or whatever it’s called.

Thinking about the potential in this makes me very excited. Go technology! "

[a08andan]

And if you disagree please give a reason to why so we can discuss stuff :)

@ Trunkz Jr:
I agree with you. What I mention above is only if you are more than one player playing on the same TV. But the most impressive part is that you are gonna be able to play two different games at once or watch two different movies at the same time. :)

[Trunkz]

Your main argument is only for multiplayer with friends over, I think this would of been great during the days of Goldeneye but now it's more about the multiplayer (online) (tho I agree with you in a sense that if you could use what you say and play co-op online with a friend say BFBC2 - also a neat idea)

In general tho, requiring everyone to wear glasses is a hassle no matter how you look at it. Glasses free is what its it, and if they had it so if you viewed the TV at a certain angle and display a different image to that person, then all the more better.

As I see it now, I have no need for 3D TV's for a very long time.

[AllroundGamer]

"this will be possible without the need of another TV+console", how do you think will one console handle rendering 2 different games at once??? you will always need a second console... also you will need to use two headphones otherwise it will be a total sound mess when playing two movies/games, and therefor i don't see much potential in this particular feature even if i was astounded myself about it, but it isn't very practical... well maybe only for the multiplayer splitscreen.

[PirateThom]

This is why I love Toshiba.

I love my Toshiba TV.

[PirateThom]

Sorry, I guess I must hate my Toshiba TV. Sorry guys.

[comp_ali]

you won't survive here among sony fanboys.
"Sony can top anyone"

[mirroredderorrim]

Trunkz Jr. Glasses are a hassle? Seriously? *puts on glasses* WOW! what a hassle! I had to call a taxi cab to crash into my house and drive me all the way to the coffee table so that I could get them. Also, I had to rent a crane so that I could lower them unto my head.

Damn those glasses! Grrrrr!

[Thecraft1989]

This needs more time the viewing angle on these things are ment to terrible on big screens then theres cost.

AliTheBrit19 you could say that about anything why buy nice phone when next week there will better one if everyone followed your logic then no would buy anything.

[AliTheBrit19]

This is why people buying into the 3D Crap now are morons

Buying a 3D TV right now - Such a waste of money

When, within a couple of years, you'll have glasses-free 3DTV.

[a08andan]

Read my post and then tell me what you think :)

[SmokeyMcBear]

seriously, no glasses 3D... whats the point of that. There is not depth into the room. There is nothing giving you the sense of 3D images surrounding the room you are watching TV in, nothing coming out at you. All you have with those types of TVs is a basically a depth of field, that is basically 10 feet away. Looking into "window" 10 feet away is not going to give you same feeling as having glasses on with things jumping out of the screen towards you. I would also get rid of the strong words, calling people morons is what got you to 1 bubble. Consider this a warning for that type of language.

[cmrbe]

or new car models which will have a newer version in 2-3 years idiots as well?.

Ali. Thanks to those idiots we get progression in tech as well as reduction in prices so that cheap sh!t's like you can afford.

Don't you dare call early adopters idiots.

[AllroundGamer]

what's funny, that i bought my Samsung 3DTV about a month ago and it's the cheapest of the 3 HDTVs i owned together :) it's almost half the price of the 2 HDTVs i had before, so i don't regret my 3DTV purchase.

[frankymv]

interesting

[Zir0]

No we just have to wait a couple of years for them to perfect the tech and bring prices down.

[RealityCheck]

Sizes? Prices? Resolution? Refresh rates? Brightness\Contrast\etc.?

[a08andan]

There are some things that will never be possible without glasses. Or at least not for a very very very long time :P I mention some of these things in my post above :)

[Baka-akaB]

If it was at least that matter .

What amuse me the most is , it will take a few years for glassless to cost as little as current hdtv/3d tv , and that during those years some will be just depriving themselves of a nice option with no upside at all .

Waiting forever for better is just that pointless waiting .

Do some guys here believe the early hdtv adopters with 720p only sets were biting their nails because of better 1080p sets later on ?

No they were enjoying themselves with mostly 720p able consoles games anyway , and now enjoy the same 1080p comfort as you , at the same price .

[SmokeyMcBear]

I really don't understand the appeal of 3D without glasses. Its just depth of field. Instead of things coming out of the screen toward you, when you view the image, some things are farther away. Maybe I have to see it to understand, but seeing 3D with glasses is the Bees knees.

[Rhythmattic]

The ultimate..... Feel - Around.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[AnonUser5555]

I just really hate how 3D is being forced on the consumer.

Truth be told, the only REAL reason that 3D is getting pushed so hard is that there's really nowhere else for TV makers to go to increase their profit. With so many homes already having HDTVs, the makers need a new revenue stream.

Before HDTV, they just kept upping the ante with larger and larger sets, but that has a practical limit (You can only increase screen size SO much before you can't have one in the home). Once big-screen TV sales slowed down, HDTV came around...which of course was a great revolution. But now we're saturated once again, and it's not practical to increase resolution any further since we're at the limit of what the human eye can detect.

So now what?

"Oh crap, we have no new technology to sell our TVs any more! Let's push this 3D thing hard."

Unfortunately for them, the public just doesnt seem as into watching 3DTV as they are into making them. Hopefully the boatloads of cash they're putting into adversing them doesn't pay off.

[divideby0]

^ The only one forcing me to think about buying a 3D set is me. NOONE else. Next year we were planning on buying another HDTV and it will be 3D. Prices will be lower and there will be more content. NOONE is forcing me to buy anything

[Baka-akaB]

enough crying and whining already bout something completely optional , squat is being forced upon you .
HDTV was forced , from the very first days of the ps3 and 360 , we were fed games with ugly and unreadable font texts , and games running badly in sd .

Same goes with 5.1 sound and beyond , and most current movie being incredibly low with spoken lines volume in calm scenes , and incredibly loud and annoying during explosions and action scenes , with old stereo setups ... instead of home cinema

Anyone can safely reject and justify not being into 3d , as it's hardly as big a revolution as switching to hd resolutions and sound .

There hasnt been a single announce of any game being only plyable in 3d , and even 3dtv owners can safely disable the effects .

[AnonUser5555]

LOL

Funny how you take the side of "3D isn't being forced on you" and then document how all the latest technologies were eventually forced on us.

You don't think the same will end up happening? In case you haven't noticed, these companies know what they need to do to eventually force...i mean, "convince" people to upgrade their tech. Clearly you HAVE noticed, since you've shown how they've done it for HDTV and 5.1+ sound.

Why would 3D be treated any differently?

[Baka-akaB]

Because so far it isnt and because they can't really force it given its nature ? You are being vague and borderline paranoid with baseless arguments , no offense .

meanwhile all of those previous tech have been forced right from the start .

How would they even force it ? i can see it happens once glassless 3d appears , but with googles ? Seems farfetched .
It's not as if they can really degrade image quality with disabled 3d .. nor sound . it's not as if they could add any gameplay feature that requires 3d , it's just a graphical effect that you can have or not have .

[djfullshred]

Profit is only available to a company when they make something people want to buy. Nobody is forcing anything on anyone. The TV companies are chasing after what they think people want to buy.

[Prcko]

can somebody tell me how's that possible???

[comp_ali]

Same thing people said when Plane was invented.

[sak500]

I should skip the 3D and just wait for holographic technology to become mainstream.

Anyway i jumped into HD early on and wasted huge amount on pathetic Sony's Grand wega 50" LCD projection TV back in Dec 2005. With on720p and no hdmi for 2500$. That set is almost useless now with bluish colors all across the screen. Bought Panasonic 50" plasma last year full 1080p and that was one hell of a transition. Amazing looking images 4 x hdmi, optical out etc. So will probably hand it out free to my watchman of the building and might just pick up another plasma of panasonic. 3D or not will depend if anything worth is out by end of the year.

[comp_ali]

Agree with you, 3D is too expensive especially during these economic conditions.

[Rhythmattic]

Forced just like colour TV back in the days......

Your choice really.

[sak500]

Wrong. Color was natural progression. Also only became mainstream when stations started broadcasting programs. Why would have they bought if all they would get out of the color tv was the end of trasmission colored lines?

Think about it and you'll realize your comment was dumb.

[Rhythmattic]

Right then...

Seems 3D isnt a natural progression, considering we naturally can see depth and perspective....

I realise I'm dumb actually responding to your dumb comment.

[sak500]

YOu need to wear freaking 3D glasses in real world to see 3D? And 3D tv is natural progession that is why there are warnings from vendors of side-affects of watching 3D tv. Jeezus, how can one person be so dumb.

[Rhythmattic]

Oh boy.. So the "real world" is a television without glasses is it?

As for glasses, dont forget many people actually wear glasses to watch television as it is now.

Anyway, whatever, I'm dumb...

Oh , its spelt Jesus BTW.

[PS3-247]

My 26' Vizio is satisfying me just fine with 1080p.

[SmokeyMcBear]

haha... 26" with 1080p.. now thats classic.

[Montrealien]

it was a little in le immature, but it is not a personal attack. And he has a point, 1080p on a 26" means squat.

[monkey nuts]

In his defence though he sits 3" from the screen.........

[comp_ali]

Hell it's about time. :)

[djfullshred]

Interesting something like this may be coming so soon. I know Phillips has been working on glassesles 3d technology, but the article I read on it last year indicated they thought they were several years away from releasing a consumer version that was affordable, and looked as good as those with glasses.