14 DAY TRIAL // The idea of two different gamers being able to see their respective screens while sharing a single display, without sharing it in two, is quite exciting, and it seems that Philips has decided to already implement it within its latest HDTVs.
As some of you will certainly remember, we've talked a while ago about a demonstration held by Sony officials, in which they were showcasing exactly such a technology, built around the PS3.
However, that tech employed active shutter glasses and prompted users to sit in separate corners of the room, at a certain specific angle from the TV, in order to be able to enjoy a good-quality 3D gaming experience on the full screen (even while actually playing games in multiplayer mode).
On the other hand, sitting in the middle of the room had quite a nasty effect on one's eyes.
Well, while Sony's tech was just in prototype stage, it seems that Philips has already come up with a fully working solution, implemented within their latest HDTVs, the Cinema 21:9 Gold Series, that we've talked about yesterday.
As the Journal du Geek reports, it seems that, in 2D mode, for dual-player games, the screen is actually split in two sides, layered on top of each other.
However, when the Easy 3D mode implemented within the Cinema 21:9 Gold Series is active, and users are wearing the company's passive glasses, each of them will be able to enjoy a different view (from their own perspective), on the same display.
Apparently, Philips has not provided significant details on the technology that actually makes this whole thing possible, but we really hope that, whatever it is, it gets implemented into even more products on the future, since it will really boost the popularity of 3D gaming on a single HDTV display.