Rely on a bulb made out of pixels and you’ll likely be left in the dark. This ain’t no 2D world, sucka. We need light with three dimensions.
I could see this working in a awesome in a totally pixel-themed room, but other than that this shit will just look out of place and pretty useless. I love it, but only in the right circumstances.
Game developers and hardware manufacturers have been trying so hard all of these years to achieve a realistic 3D effect. They have constantly been improving the quality of the 3D images we see. But there is some inherent problem to all of this: we are viewing the content on a monitor, which is a 2D surface. Only a plane, a monitor does not allow for the viewing possiblities of open space. Neurok Optics’ new 22 in. iZ3D Widescreen 3D LCD monitor is the next step in battling 2D away. While it might not give you the “fall out of your chair” feeling that a beautiful IMAX 3D theatre might, it’s still pretty cool. The monitor makes you use passive, polarized 3D glasses that they claim relieve the problems of fatigue and eyestrain. For basic specs, the iZ3D runs at a native resolution of 1680 x 1050. It features a nice 170-degree viewing angle, 600:1 contract ration, and 16.7 million colors. Don’t worry if you need to use the monitor for “normal” use, it has the ability to change back into boring 2D mode. — Nik Gomez
Neurok Optics iZ3D 3D LCD monitor for gamers [via Gadgetell]
