[ALL] the end of 'screen-looking'

[Krebs]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/sony-stereoscopic-screen-sharing-patent-puts-two-players-on-one/

After that last bummer, where Sony applied for a patent "feature erosion" in game demos, we're glad to see the company come up with something positive for the gamers among us. Two recent patent apps, titled "Stereoscopic Screen Sharing Method and Apparatus Patent" and "3D Shutter Glasses with Mode Switching Based on Orientation to Display Device," detail the use of stereoscopic 3D technology to let two individual players see different information on the same screen (you might remember that Microsoft has also been working on something similar). Not only that, but the glasses could have earbuds -- for separate audio feeds. Of course, you'd need a 3D display for this to work, and you'd need to wear those silly glasses -- but that's a small price to pay to get rid of the ol' split screen, don't you think?

i give it 5 years and this technology will be in 80% of us houses, and i cant wait. the next gen of gaming has to support this.

[Rudi]

Thats dope as FUCK.

[killgod]

that's fuckin cool, aside from the future space goggles.

[Krebs]

you'll have occular implants for this soon enough

[stevsta]

holy shit now thats innovation

[MvP]

With the rise of online play, "screen-looking" was nearing its end just on the fact that people don't get together to play as much as they used to. Still cool as hell though.

[St. Francisco]

It's not innovation. I read an article on this years ago...some company in Japan. They were working on seeing two different things from the same screen just depending upon the angle that you were sitting at, but were having a hard time with the directional audio.