Pic3D sheet brings glasses-free 3D to iPhone for $25

Many folks are perfectly content viewing only 2D content on our mobile devices, but when you have been dying to feature just a little more depth on your smartphone’s display, Global Wave will have just what you are looking for. On the 3D and Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo, the Japanese company demoed its Pic3D sheet, which converts your Windows-based desktop or laptop, or iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch right into a 3D display. The sheet uses a lenticular lens system rather than a parallax barrier for a smoother, more consistent image, yielding a reported 90-percent transmission level and 120-degree field of view. The company’s Windows and iOS apps output video in an aspect-by-side format, simulating a 3D image. The software also lets you view side-by-side content from the internet, submitting the YouTube URL of a compatible video, to illustrate — perhaps not the main elegant solution, but an excellent start, if it really works. Prices range from ¥2,000 (about $25) for an iPhone or iPod touch sheet, all of the way as much as ¥15,000 (about $186) for a 23-inch desktop version. We’ll be looking for Pic3D on the Tokyo Game Show in September, but meanwhile, you will get Diginfo TV’s take up their video after the break.

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