Lenovo Readies 3D Notebook for Third Quarter Launch

Posted 05/12/2010 at 7:21am | by Paul Lilly

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You can't escape it folks, 3D is fast becoming the hottest trend in tech, at least from a marketing standpoint. How well all these 3D devices are received remains to be seen, but it looks as though Lenovo will find out fairly soon.

Citing un-named market watchers, DigiTimes feels pretty confident Lenovo is gearing up to release a stereoscopic 3D notebook in the third quarter of 2010, well ahead of the holiday shopping season. As for which 3D technology Lenovo plans to adopt -- Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision (active shutter glasses) or Winstron's own technology, which uses polarized glasses -- the general consensus is that they'll go with Winstron.

Either way, you'll need to put on a pair of glasses to cash in on the 3D effects, which could end up turning consumers off. There are other 3D technologies on the table, such as the one Sharp is working on that uses a parallax barrier to achieve 3D effects without the need for glasses. There are some downsides to this too, however, the biggest one being the strict viewing angle. In addition, it seems that Sharp and Hitachi (the other company working on a parallax barrier display) have smaller screens set in their sights, such as the one that will be used on Nintendo's upcoming 3DS console.

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