New Notebook Is World's First Glasses-Free 2D/3D Model, Toshiba Claims

It appears that giving a certain tablet a name and availability details is just one of multiple things Toshiba did recently, with one other being the unveiling of a notebook that is said to fit in the infamous 'world's first' category.

Toshiba, like any other IT player, is always working on something, be it a new addition to an existing product line or something meant to truly stand out.

This once, it looks like the latter sort of situation has arisen, with the company having created a very special mobile computer known as dynabook Qosmio T851/D8CR.

For one, it is described as “world's first glasses-free 3D portable PC able to simultaneously display 3D and 2D content in separate windows in a single screen.”

Being a glasses-free 3D product, in itself, is quite an accomplishment already, knowing how there hasn't been much success in creating anything that displayed 3D perfectly regardless of the angle it was viewed from.

The webcam is used for face tracking, while the Active Lens (built into the LED panel) controls light polarization and delivers the two separate images to each eye, even when the user moves.

What Toshiba claims to be possible on the dynabook Qosmio T851/D8CR is the ability to watch 3D in a window while the rest of the panel is 2D. What's more, a SpursEngine image processor can do real-time, 2D to 3D conversion.

As for the hardware, an Intel Core i5 2410M chip, with a clock speed of 2.3 GHz, acts as the central piece, while 8 GB of RAM and a GeForce GT 540M graphics card complement it.

Additionally, Toshiba threw in a hard disk drive with a storage capacity of 750 GB, plus a BDXL-supporting Blu-ray drive.

The existence of Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and even USB 3.0 isn't surprising, nor is the HDMI port, although the Harman Kardon speakers might be (to a small extent anyway).

As for the display itself, it measures 15.6 inches, has Clear SuperView LED backlighting and a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels.

Regrettably, no pricing details exist on the newcomer and sales, in Japan at least ,will only start in July.