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Mark-P

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The more I read about this on their website, the more doubtful I become. First of all it sounds like some kind of conversion gizmo that turns any program into 3D. All the testimonials talk about the conversion process. I don't know if this process can even reproduce native 3D content! The following information gives me this impression:
The Ultra-D system does not generate discrete views but generates something similar to a light-field. As the result, it allows the viewer to perceive the scene from different directions within this field. This enables the background of a scene to appear to move with respect to an object in front of it and vice versa. This allows experience of more complete 3D. Also in this respect Ultra-D is very different to 3D display technologies with glasses, which can project only two views of a scene.
 
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Moleman X

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I have actually never seen the extreme pop out talked about here on 3D Blu ray, even in the paddle ball sequence in “House of Wax”,

Another good one is Madagascar 3. All kinds of paws and muzzles comin' at ya!
 

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I'm unable to reply directly to comments for some reason so I'm going to address two of them here:

1. I emailed StreamTV about Ultra-D and no, it isn't compatible with projectors. I asked if they were working on a version they could be used with projectors and I never got a response.

2. Mark-P is a little confused about what this product is. It is a glasses-free 3D display and it also converts 2D content to 3D.

I hope this clears things up.
 

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I was at a casino in Reno NV a couple weeks ago and saw a few slot machines that used glasses-free 3D displays. I gambled $5 on one just to get a good look at it (didn't win anything.) The main screen during play isn't a whole lot to write home about, it's basically a big board where the numbers spin- there's a background with decent depth effect and the game board has a rotating coin graphic that pops out slightly. The game's demo screen had the best use of 3D, with a big "True 3D" logo formed by flying letters that created a genuinely good effect at least comparable to what I've seen with glasses.

The screen was probably about 30-something inches, and the 3D wasn't entirely perfect. Even sitting in front of it, I saw a bit of crosstalk during the demo screen especially near the bottom. Looking at it from far away, you had to be in just the right position or you'd see a double image, from other angles it simply looked like a 2D image which was at least better than a double image. Not quite ready for prime time, but does show promise if improvements can be made. I was most impressed with the proof that it CAN do good out-of-screen effects.

Here's a video of one machine, though it doesn't show the demo logo:
 

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Pictures I snapped of the demo logo which really showed it off:

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Yes but the Pop-out is very limited. It still cannot accomplished the magnitude of what can be achieved with glasses
 

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