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My view for what it worth: For Multi-view, read low, and I mean LOW, resolution! Single view Lenticular based solutions require both left and right eye images to be displayed concurrently on the same LCD/PLASMA panel - RESULT = image with HALF HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION at best. Increasing the number of views, as with multi-view systems, reduces resolution still further. 3 view system = 1/6th horizontal resolution in simplest case. Philips improves on this a little by angling the lenticular slightly, but still a significant drop in horizontal resolution. Also keep in mind the issue of cross-talk (where some of the left eye image can be seen by your right eye and vice versa) - often referred to as "ghosting" - RESULT = DOUBLE IMAGES, EYE-STRAIN and FATIGUE. All lenticular-based systems suffer from this to some extent. So, in answer to your Q, yes - you could use these, but perhaps not as a genuine worktool that you would be happy sitting at for 8 hrs a day. I don't know many people who would want to go back to VGA res equivalents, i.e., 600 pixel or less horizontal resolution, and that's not accounting for cross-talk issues outlined above. I think you will see the Philips products, as with other similar approaches, being used primarily for marketing and advertising purposes rather than genuine work-tools or replacements for CRT/Shutter systems. Suffice to say the IRIS maintains horizontal resolution at 1600 pixels for each eye as we use dual UXGA LCD sources in our projection system. Stuart McKay, PhD CEO IRIS-3D Ltd James Weir Building 75 Montrose St Glasgow G1 1XJ Scotland, UK (T) +44-(0)141-548-2423 (F) +44-(0)141-552-5105 (M) +44 (0)7786 073663 http://www.iris3d.com -----Original Message----- From: Dima Klenchin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 September 2006 16:15 To: Stuart McKay; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ccp4bb]: Re: [ccp4bb] Stereo / nVIDIA Quadro FX550 > >Cant resist the urge to point out there are stereo solutions on the market >that do not need shutter glasses, don't need graphics cards with stereo DIN >plugs and work with any dual head graphics card that supports OpenGL. > >This info is, of course, of absolutely no use to those of you stuck with >shutter-glass systems, but something to keep in mind for your next HW >upgrade! Also, keep in mind the day will come (some of us believe in the >near-future) when CRTs are no longer available - what will you use then? > >I'm biased of course and would say look first at our technology as the only >commercially available zero cross-talk, UXGA resolution, glasses-free >solution on the market. Any comments on Philips' "multiview lenticular displays"? Their huge 42" models are now commercially available in the USA and their 20" monitors are supposed to start selling October this year: http://www.business-sites.philips.com/assets/Downloadablefile//2006-08-17--2 0-3D2C03-leaflet-13644.pdf http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/products/3dscreens/index.h tml http://www.actkern.info/index.php?id=339 Would this sort of thing work with 3D in Coot and Pymol? Dima
