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Seiko Epson Designs Simple 3D Display for Cellphones

Kit Eaton — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:15:00 EDT

Seiko Epson has designed a new glasses-free display that really has the potential to bring 3D-displays to cellphones and PMPs sooner rather than later. It's a bit similar to the old kid's classic lenticular images (you know: they come with a lined plastic face, and when you twist them you see a changing picture,) and in this case a complex array of convex lenses is combined with a high-res 3-inch LCD display. An object is photographed with up to eight cameras, a compound image is created, and when displayed each lens sends a slightly different view to your eyes. Because your eyes see different views of the object, just like in real life your brain reconstructs a 3D image. Sadly, the effect can't be captured in a single image of the screen, but you won't have long to wait: Seiko plans to commercialize the tech in a few years. [FarEastGizmos]

Epson and Philips to Further Reduce Mini-projectors' Size

Addy Dugdale — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:20:25 EDT

Seiko Epson and Philips are working on projectors smaller than anything we've ever seen. The new reference design will use Seiko Epson's High Temperature Poly-Silicon TFT panel and Philips' Ujoy lamp. The 50W lamp has a diameter of 43.5mm and a depth of 64mm, while the driver module measures a mere 70 × 36 × 26mm. Weight is just 4 ounces. That's not small enough to put em inside of cellphones, but maybe inside of Chen's pants. Artists representation:

They're still far from any real miniaturization. But their progress is quite amazing and to be fair, they are going way beyond Epson's previous mini-projector.

Like other mini-projector models, however, the new design will be limited to 800 x 600 pixels. – Jesus Diaz

Developing the small-sized liquid crystal projector of Epson and Philips and SVGA jointly [Impress AV Watch]