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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> 3D modeling, such as the ability to view a rotatable image, has been
> used for quite some time now, but I think the value of 3D displays
> for technical documents is going to be very limited as long as glasses
> are needed to view them, because switching back and forth between
> viewing a screen with 3D glasses and viewing a real object without
> them is a quick path to a splitting headache, especially if your
> workspace has flourescent lighting. If someone manages to devise a
> way to generate 3D without the need for glasses (think Star Trek
> holodeck), that will be the game-changer.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:03 AM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>> The talk of monitors got me thinking..
>>
>> Anyone considering any impact to what we do from the perspective of
>> 3D, maybe in the area of exploded diagrams?
>>
>> I'm now seeing laptops with 3D capability being sold on Dell, so I
>> guess it is touching on mainstream.
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