14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that LG has developed a monitor that not only support the 3D display mode, but can actually render that sort of images without forcing watchers to put on any sort of glasses.
Rendering 3D images without the need for special eyewear is something that display makers have been trying to do for a long time.
Normally, a 3D TV or monitor transmits two sets of images at the same time, one for each eye, and those images are synchronized by the active shutter or passively polarized glasses.
It is this limitation that hasn't enabled 3D to spread too far outside the cinema, especially with how much more expensive 3D TVs and monitors are compared to regular ones.
Attempts at creating a display that did not need glasses were made in the past, but they had their own limitations, mostly in the form of a limited number of appropriate viewing angles.
Now, LG has come forth to steal the spotlight, having built a monitor that can keep track of where users' eyes are.
In other words, in order for the owner to watch 3D with no strings attached, the monitor was given the ability to watch the owner in turn.
LG designed the Flatron DX2000, as it is called, with a built-in webcam which does the eye tracking. It is based on what said webcam relays that the monitor adjusts the 3D image.
The panel itself has a native resolution of 1,600 x 900 pixels, not exactly Full HD but still higher than HD (1,366 x 768 pixels).
The list of specifications also includes LED backlighting, a contrast ratio of 1,000:1 and the ability to toggle between the 2D and 3D mode by pressing a single button.
Finally, the aforementioned webcam can be employed for standard things (video chatting, etc), not just eye tracking, and, in addition to DVI, the display has an HDMI port.
Users should be able to find the monitor in South Korean shops for the price of 1.29 million won, which is the rough equivalent of 1,209 USD.