This isn't new tech. Fairly certain this is the method. Heard of this a long time ago.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy#O...display_methods
What this means: A filter is over the screen (adjusted by the slider on the right?) which limits the pixels that can be viewed by each eye. That is why you can't be too far to one side or the other. When the image is processed in your head, magic happens (3D effect).
Not sure if this is the exact method I was thinking of but the closest I could find from a Google search.
QUOTE said:Displays with filter arrays
The LCD is covered with an array of prisms that divert the light from in their notebook and desktop computers. These displays usually cost upwards of 1000 dollars and are mainly targeted at science or medical professionals.
Another technique, for example used by the X3D company, is simply to cover the LCD with two layers, the first being closer to the LCD than the second, by some millimeters. The two layers are transparent with black strips, each strip about one millimeter wide. One layer has its strips about ten degrees to the left, the other to the right. This allows seeing different pixels depending on the viewer's position
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy#O...display_methods
What this means: A filter is over the screen (adjusted by the slider on the right?) which limits the pixels that can be viewed by each eye. That is why you can't be too far to one side or the other. When the image is processed in your head, magic happens (3D effect).
Not sure if this is the exact method I was thinking of but the closest I could find from a Google search.