It's been a tick since we'd heard anything out of
PureDepth, but apparently, the company and its
Multi-Layer Display technology are still livin' it up. Making a comeback with
Samsung, the two firms are jointly debuting the "world's largest" MLD LCD TV, which rings up at 46-inches diagonally. The actual monitor is being showcased at the Society for Information Display conference in Long Beach, California, and blew past the previous champion which was holding strong at 30-inches. PureDepth is describing its technology as a "a layered, multi-dimensional (using real depth between two or more LCD panels) viewing innovation that enables users to simultaneously view two separate fields of data on one monitor," which is simply a fancy way of suggesting that users can experience "3D-like images" sans unsightly goggles. Unfortunately, there's no word on whether this unit is actually slated for commercialization, but considering the somewhat sour reputation that other
3D devices already have, it's got a rough road to hoe.
[Thanks, Chris B.]
posted Apr 28th 2008 at 5:17PM 
