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[The Faceless Master]

Electronics maker Sharp on Thursday unveiled a new LCD screen that will allow it to display two different images depending on the angle it is viewed from. Production of the screen begins this month, and the new LCD could be used in applications such as automobiles where such a feature would be useful.

To make the dual-view technology work, the screen sends light from the backlight in two different directions, each showing a different picture. However, if need be, it can be switched to operate as a normal screen where everyone can see the same image regardless of the angle viewed.

Sharp envisions several applications, such as an in-vehicle display where the drivers side shows a GPS map while the passenger side shows a movie. A professional monitor could show information to a client while sales personnel see internal information.

Source: BetaNews

imagine all the cool gaming based applications you could use this for!

 

[Jonnyram]

Cool... I could be playing FFXI while my boss thinks I'm working on a poster design!

 

[Wario64]

read gaf while playing games
rox

wait i already do this, lol

 

[Mupepe]

Hahaha, that's awesome

 

[Flo_Evans]

hot damn I need this so I can read GAF all day and look like I'm working!

 

[SteveMeister]

They invented it for viewing porn surreptitiously.

 

[miyuru]

They invented it for viewing porn surreptitiously.

Argh beat to it!

 

[Rhindle]

This would actually make the PS3 dual HDMI outputs quite useful for people with multiple heads.

 

[The Faceless Master]

This would actually make the PS3 dual HDMI outputs quite useful for people with multiple heads.

omg, 8 player dual view splitscreen killzone multi on one monitor!

 

[Mihail]

But seriously... are any normal consumers going to use this?

 

[Bebpo]

Ummm...what is the actual 'legal' and 'productive' use of this? I can't think of any.

 

[Hellraizah]

And I thought the most useless invention ever was already invented.

 

[Joeholley]

This could be cool in all sorts of places that we don't normally think of as gamers. I could see these being used in many places with limited space for screens. For example the monitors currently on trains in Japan: JR buys one screen, and can sell twice the advertising in the same physical space.

 

[Jonnyram]

Ummm...what is the actual 'legal' and 'productive' use of this? I can't think of any.

I thought the in-car use was perfect myself. Navi on driver's side, movie on passenger side. I'm sure there's plenty of other uses though, privacy being a big thing nowadays.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'll toss my had in the "I don't get it" camp. Looks neat, but even with the uses listed so far it seems like a real novelty.

 

[wonderfuldays]

The real solution for NDS emulator? :lol :lol :lol

 

[MrAngryFace]

Only if one of the screens only displayed maps.

 

[Deku]

Ummm...what is the actual 'legal' and 'productive' use of this? I can't think of any.

multi-task better.

I can see where you have one window open while the other is used for surfing or moving around the computer to grab files, work on other bits etc w/out the need to go to a dual monitor set-up.

 

[Rhindle]

multi-task better.

I can see where you have one window open while the other is used for surfing or moving around the computer to grab files, work on other bits etc w/out the need to go to a dual monitor set-up.

So getting up and sitting on the other side of the monitor is easier for you than hitting ALT-TAB?

For single-user applications, this is about as useless as a DS.

 

[polg]

Does this mean that a Nintendo DV is coming?

 

[ShowDog]

No more gaming splitscreen! No more cheesing looking at someone else's screen either.

 

[Hiro_Kunimi_80]

omg.... is.... the.... revolution !

 

[dog$]

Using dual-screens for computer apps is great: just imagine a gigantic playlist or music-synth on a screen while you're browsing things.

My GF uses the LCD monitor as a place for reference when drawing; keeping a static image up is a million times better than flipping between drawing on a tablet and looking at something.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Finally, i could look at hentai while my roomate's thinking i'm looking at bukkake pics. Yeah, i don't know either. :/

 

[Deleted member 284]

Ummm...what is the actual 'legal' and 'productive' use of this? I can't think of any.

Information Technology areas of business where one computer may be hooked up to multiple monitors. Saves on energy costs.

 

[The Bookerman]

OK... What am I watching?

 

[Deleted member 284]

OK... What am I watching?

A monitor that produces another high quality image when reflected in glass.

 

[Lord Error]

This looks like an ideal thing for two player games, or when two people want to watch two things on a TV at the same time. Much better solution than split screen, that's for sure.

 

[ejdonk]

That will be pretty interesting when it will finally be cheaper than getting two seperate screens.

Btw at first look this is the best thread to fit it in, anyone knows something about the relationship between Nintendo and depthQ ?

Lightspeed Design Group has been a leader in stereo 3D for over a decade, developing new hardware and software technologies and presenting 3D to millions through museum theaters, corporate events, and a world exposition. Lightspeed has considerable expertise in 3D projection, software development, and electronics. Lightspeed's clients include Mercedes, U.S. Army, Continental Teves, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo, IMAX Corporation, and Disney Imagineering.

Any outcome of that so far?

 

[ejdonk]

Nobody kowing anything about this?

 

[monchi-kun]

best use in order of priority


1) Watching PORN while Balancing your online bank account
2) Posting on GAF at work
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99) Videogames

 

[Spazbiohaz]

it's hurts the brain.

 

[tehrik-e-insaaf]

this sounds pretty cool in the sense that if you can have 2 input sources (which seems to be the case) and if future consoles allow one console to be hooked up to more than one TV - then two people can sit in front of the same tv and play against each other seeing completely different images (just sitting from slightly different angles)

however i have my doubts as to how clean the image will look based on the angle (it can't be too extreme otherwise it becomes difficult to utilize).. let's see it done first

 

[CygnusXI]

I found a real use for it (pron aside).


Airplanes.
The people on the edges can watch a different movie than the center people. That would work since the audio is at the seats.

 

[bummyhead]

wow. a very cool product that will be a complete bomb due to it's complete impracticality.

 

[acidviper]

wow. a very cool product that will be a complete bomb due to it's complete impracticality.

How is it impractical. You get 2 for the price of 1 monitors minus the cost of a clean mirror.

 

[Kon Tiki]

wow. a very cool product that will be a complete bomb due to it's complete impracticality.

You do not play pc games? Being able to see another program (maybe a game guide for strategy game) while running a full screen game/app is practical.

 

[koam]

Only if one of the screens only displayed maps.

such as an in-vehicle display where the drivers side shows a GPS map while the passenger side shows a movie

*clears throat*

 

[koam]

You do not play pc games? Being able to see another program (maybe a game guide for strategy game) while running a full screen game/app is practical.

Except that YOU can't see both at the same time unless you keep moving the monitor or put a mirror beside it in which case, everything will be inversed.

 

[Deku]

You do not play pc games? Being able to see another program (maybe a game guide for strategy game) while running a full screen game/app is practical.

yep, very neat application. No need for dual monitors, just a mirror. It can also work with simply tilting the screens to read snippets of text then tilt back to continue playing. It can always work as an always-on second screen so there is no need to exit a game. Just tilt the minotor to surf the web, tilt back to continue playing the game.

 

[ChrisReid]

multi-task better.

I can see where you have one window open while the other is used for surfing or moving around the computer to grab files, work on other bits etc w/out the need to go to a dual monitor set-up.

That doesn't make any sense though. It's not easier to swivel the screen or wheel your chair around your desk than it is to open another window. This in no way replaces dual monitors.

yep, very neat application. No need for dual monitors, just a mirror. It can also work with simply tilting the screens to read snippets of text then tilt back to continue playing. It can always work as an always-on second screen so there is no need to exit a game. Just tilt the minotor to surf the web, tilt back to continue playing the game.

That's ridiculous. Just ALT+TAB instead of buying a special monitor for crap like that. Real monitors are cheap, and I'd much rather have both displayed on two displays than some goofy thing where I had to move around my room to see the hidden image.

 

[Deku]

That doesn't make any sense though. It's not easier to swivel the screen or wheel your chair around your desk than it is to open another window. This in no way replaces dual monitors.

mirror.

 

[ChrisReid]

mirror.

Hehehe, so I can pay extra for the privilege of setting a monitor-sized mirror up right next to my primary display, thus saving no space or money over current dual-monitor setups. There's also the small problem of mirrors displaying text BACKWARDS. By the time Windows has the option to "Mirror display for goofy monitor tricks," real monitors will be even cheaper.

 

[ChrisReid]

You do not play pc games? Being able to see another program (maybe a game guide for strategy game) while running a full screen game/app is practical.

The simple fact is that if it's practical to shift your head and see the hidden image, then it'll be easy enough to accidentally shift your head and lose your primary game screen. I've been running triple and quadruple monitor setups for years, and I see no benefit to this technology over a real second display.

 

[Deku]

Hehehe, so I can pay extra for the privilege of setting a monitor-sized mirror up right next to my primary display, thus saving no space or money over current dual-monitor setups. There's also the small problem of mirrors displaying text BACKWARDS. By the time Windows has the option to "Mirror display for goofy monitor tricks," real monitors will be even cheaper.

No it wont. the second image is designed to be reflected by mirror as one of its features.

On the retail versions the display the second display output can probably be inverted in a number of ways so that the mirror can be placed on any side of the screen and reflect a correct image. That's not a big technical hurdle.

 

[tenchir]

This would be pretty cool for horror games. Imagine going into a haunted mansion and you heard a moan, you don't see anything on your screen, but when you look at the mirror, you see the ghost.

 

[hooo]

If they can minimize the display angle enough, it could be used for a stereoscopic display. I ahve to wonder if they can add even more distinct views than just two to it.

On a less serious note, :lol HOLOGRAMS!!!!

The idea as a car display is a great one considering how it's illegal for a driver to have any display showing a movie visible to them even though that does seem to be ignored a lot.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Except that YOU can't see both at the same time unless you keep moving the monitor or put a mirror beside it in which case, everything will be inversed.

Tilting the screen is a lot easier than alt-tabing out. Alt-Tabbing sometimes crashes the game or has HUGE memory shortages.

 

[Wunderchu]

quite neat, IMO