Multi-Layer Display LCD TV to ship soon

Juniper Foo | May 06, 2008

Minority Report's holographic images made 3D cool again. Even more impressive was 6th Day's highly interactive virtual girlfriend who could unzip your pants. But until that day arrives, PureDepth's upcoming MLD a.k.a Multi-Layer Display technology collaboration with Samsung looks like a start. Rumored to launch soon, this joint effort will roll out a 46-inch MLD LCD display that consists of two or more layers of LCD panels sandwiched within a frame and sharing a common backlight. The result is an onscreen image that appears to have 3D-ish depth. Better yet, there's no need to don any annoying 3D goggles to view this.

We were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this showcase at CES 2008, at January's Showstopper preview in Las Vegas, though the crowd milling around the booth was forming its own 3D mass that we had to hoe our way through.

At 46 inches, this claims to be the "world's largest" MLD LCD TV, which is enough to make us wonder what the sticker shock would be like. Still, anything that moves us out of the static 2D zone is much welcomed, and if successfully mainstream, may see more collaborations that will put MLD into mobile phones, GPS units and gaming solutions. Now all that's needed is for Microsoft to hop in with its interactive Surface, and we're halfway home to that hubba-hubba interactive 3D babe/hunk.

Via New Launches | Photo credit: PureDepth

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