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    DIY Lenticular 3D (no glasses) display?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Leoben, Jul 30, 2011.

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    I saw a lenticular 3D display about a month back at a tech exhibition I crashed by accident. (They held it in my campus cafeteria.)

    I was rather impressed. Full 3D effect without glasses.

    The presenter had hardware board which was interlacing the two images (left eye/right eye). I'm sure this can be done in software (I'm a programmer). Other than that it appeared to just be a "simple" overlay on a run of the mill LCD.

    The key part seems to only be the overlay. One company has already released overlays for the iPhone and iPad.
    GRilli3D Home

    I don't know of any company that has released any for a laptop yet.

    This has me wondering about a DIY setup.

    From some reading about lenticular, the important aspect seems to be lines per inch. My 15.4" screen has width of 13.1" and a horizontal resolution of 1280 pixels. This is 97.7 lines per inch.

    I've found one place that sells 99.4 line per inch lenticular sheets. I'm wondering if that would be close enough.
    http://www.newsystems.com.hk/lenticular/o_lens.php

    Would the viewing distances be effected slightly or would the entire effect collapse?

    Any physics students studying optics around to theorize?
     
    Leoben, Jul 30, 2011
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