Samsung's Odyssey 3D gaming monitor range has just been revealed at Gamescom, and it sure does remind us of a certain Nintendo handheld (thanks, The Verge).
The series uses eye-tracking technology and a lenticular lens to create the illusion of 3D-depth – a more elaborate take on the concept Nintendo pioneered with its 3DS console over a decade ago.
The difference here is that the tracking tech is a lot more advanced (even more so than the head-tracking system that was present in the New 3DS refresh), allowing the display to constantly check the position of the user's eyes to ensure the image remains rock-solid. It will also operate perfectly fine as a 2D screen.
Here's what Samsung has to say about the screen:
The Odyssey 3D’s innovative light field display (LFD) technology creates lifelike 3D images from 2D content by using a lenticular lens on the front panel. Combined with Eye Tracking and View Mapping technology, Odyssey 3D ensures an optimized 3D experience without the need for separate 3D glasses. Eye Tracking monitors the movement of both eyes using a built-in stereo camera, while View Mapping continuously adjusts the image to enhance depth perception.
Available in 27 or 37-inch sizes with a 4K QLED panel and 165Hz refresh rate, the Odyssey 3D boasts a 1-millisecond response time as well as AMD FreeSync support. No pricing has been revealed as yet.
Could this become the best way to emulate and experience 3DS games? Time will tell.
[source theverge.com]
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On paper, that sounds really awesome but am I the only one bothered by the fact that, to perform this feat, your monitor will be monitoring you? I'm not saying there's necessarily anything malicious or insidious involved...but I'd be looking for and reading any fine print a monitor like that came with. :-/
Probably smarter to just get a New 3DS while they’re still relatively cheap. They won’t be for long.
I’m still a little shocked how quickly 3DS stuff disappeared from stores.
In theory I would be thrilled to have this. Not confident that the fidelity of playing on a 3DS will be intact on this monitor so nothing to get excited about yet for me.
What I like best about this is that it’s OLED, 4K and under 40”. If only you could get a normal 4K OLED TV that isn’t a stupid size. 40” is plenty big enough, and you get better pixel density.
If this is anything like the Spatiallabs View screen (and it does look very similar), this is gonna be a fantastic device!
I have a Spatiallabs View S3D display and it's just a brilliant piece of kit. Combined with a 3DS Capture Card and a Windows PC, it works exactly as you'd think it would. It's essentially a modern 4k version of the New Nintendo 3DS display; only it also works with a wide range of modern titles as well through Acer's Truegame app (other games can be forced into S3D through other means, but Truegame is the official solution where games get official S3D support with "real" 3D support, not fake depth buffer based post-process 3D). Octopath Traveller 1 & 2 in glassesless 3D is a superlative experience!
Really happy to see other companies now starting to move into the glassesless S3D sector, it's amazing tech that really should be adopted more widely.
Only issue though is that Acer's Truegame 3D service is currently propriatary... hope that they can work out some sort of deal with Samsung to make it compatible on their displays as well. I'd buy a 40'+ version of one of these glassessless S3D displays in a heartbeat!
Single user eye tracking? Not great, except for it being a good privacy guard.
Also, how is eye fatigue with this? Could make a great migraine factory for those who wanna puke and hallucinate for a day or two
@bippity_bop I’d say put away the tinfoil for this iteration. The chip on the monitor usually does the heavy lifting so it can be platform agnostic.
The only OS interface available to it is via video signal (HDMI DVI). Doubt they could send usage data from the monitor back to the OS and circumvent the sandboxing of the OS too without every Linux enthusiast calling their local politician.
Now if it comes with a WiFi chip for wireless mirroring then I will be borrowing your tinfoil thank you very much
The first thing I thought was:
sneaking up behind friends or family, silently, without their knowing, and making sure your head and eyes are visible to the camera, thus confusing it due to there being two sets of eyes / heads.
Then standing there silently waiting to see how long it takes before the user realises what's causing the problem.
@jimmytodgers appreciate the info! I would say you're the first person who's commented about my tinfoil hat... but I don't want to start my day by lying over my morning coffee. XD
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