• Sony patents stereoscopic split-screen multiplayer

    Published on 20-07-10 at 09:50 AM AEST by
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    Now this is a truly nifty idea. What if instead of swapping images between eyes to create 3D, you just gave one set of images to player 1, and the other set to player 2? You could both be watching the same screen, but seeing something entirely different. Well, Sony have submitted a patent to do just that.

    The patent illustration also suggests that each player who also have their own audio-feed. You would still need a "3D" TV, but it's important to remember that essentially 3D TV's are just sets with 120Hz refresh rates - all televisions will eventually do this anyway. Thanks to Kotaku for the heads-up!

    Sony Files Two Patents Related to Stereoscopic Screen Sharing [brokemycontroller.com]

    Comments 4 Comments
    1. Jay's Avatar
      Jay - 20-07-10, 01:30 PM
      Might be a bit of hassle to try and patent this, technique has already been used quite a bit around the place for a number of reasons.
    1. Wrathlon's Avatar
      Wrathlon - 20-07-10, 06:09 PM
      Would be nice especially on smaller screens where split screen kinda blows.

      Edit: And the audio would be easy...just route one track via the front left/front right and the other through rear left/rear right channels.
    1. mepm's Avatar
      mepm - 20-07-10, 07:26 PM
      might finally stop all those screen cheating whores on lan nights
    1. chaosengine's Avatar
      chaosengine - 11-08-10, 04:25 PM
      wow now this would be interesting ^_^
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