Laptop 3D

[shanedidona]

Hello. I have a laptop and I was wondering what types of 3D I can get. Will LCD shutter glasses work with the LCD on my laptop? If not, do I have any other options? I have been using red-cyan anaglyph, but the whole colors thing is annoying. I cannot purchase a new display, but can purchase glasses. Thanks

[cybereality]

You really have limited options with a laptop display. I guess the VR920 will probably work if you have a decent video card. Not sure about anything else.

[AWoods]

I have a laptop and I was wondering what types of 3D I can get.

Unfortunately the only 3D viewing method that will work on a conventional laptop display is anaglyph (red/cyan, green/magenta or blue/yellow).

Other than that, you could connect the laptop to an external 3D-ready display - I've done that with a Zalman 3D LCD, Samsung 3D DLP, and Samsung 3D Plasma.
HOWEVER this has some limitations... You won't be able to do this with the Viewsonic or Samsung 3D LCDs (require a dual-link DVI connection - not available on most laptops), 3D DLP projectors (requires NVIDIA 3D Vision Driver which currently won't work on NVIDIA M (Mobile) GPUs), the iZ3D monitor (requires a dual video connection - not available on most laptops), and some other 3d displays.

But... there is light at the end of the tunnel. Acer will soon (October?) release a laptop with a micro-polarised 3D screen. Plus yesterday Sony announced they will (next year?) release Sony Viao's with a 3D screen.

[martinlandau]

Has no one read my siggraph thread - there are s3d laptops! I saw several at siggraph.

http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpbb/viewtopic.p ... raytracing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Today I saw an s3d laptop, and s3dnetbook put out by these people:

http://www.newsightjapan.jp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.newsight.com/3d-products/displays.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Great Info Andrew, there are some laptops that are confirmed working:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show ... &hl=laptop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show ... &hl=laptop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show ... &hl=laptop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show ... &hl=laptop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Alienware

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?show ... &hl=laptop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Syncmaster

[ssiu]

Has no one read my siggraph thread - there are s3d laptops!

But none is actually available for purchase today, right? I remember reading about an ASUS G50V with a 3D display more than a year ago, e.g. http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/asus ... g-laptops/ The ASUS G50V has been available now for many months in different configurations, but none with the 3D screen.

[martinlandau]

I asked the company representatives could I buy one now, they said I could "modify" a laptop now, but didn't go further into what that meant. These were using autostereoscopic displays on the model I saw running, they had several models though. I went to their website they gave me and didn't find much on stereo3D laptops, just the s3d displays. I am wondering if they are just promoting to OEM's wanting to retail an s3d laptop solution to consumers, not sure.

[cybereality]

Yeah, they have been showing prototypes at trade shows for well over a year and nobody has delivered yet.

[yuriythebest]

there is also some polirazation film that you can use with some laptops, however I'm very "apprrehensive" about their driver support.