LAS VEGAS — In the not-too-distant future, people on our television screens could be standing in our living rooms.
Several TV manufacturers at the Consumer Electronics Show are exhibiting prototypes of 3D televisions. Donning dorky glasses, attendees are crowding the booths for Sony, Samsung and Panasonic to gaze into these concept TV sets, with the dream that one of these could end up in their homes.
Sony stressed that its 3D TV is a concept product and therefore refused to comment on the technical details or even make a price estimate. But from our understanding, it appears to be stereoscopic 3D technology, which uses a combination of very expensive software and infrared emitters to enhance the visual depth perception.
People can keep dreaming though. Currently, if these babies were to go to market today, they’d cost around $20,000. That’s the estimate provided by other manufacturers working on similar devices, at least.
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Photos: Jonathan Snyder/Wired.com
(Staff writer Jose Fermoso contributed to this story.)
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