Feeling the 3D glasses landscape is not complicated enough as it is, Panasonic and Xpand 3D enter the active-shutter 3D glasses standard ring with M-3DI.
Supposed to bring about active-shutter eyewear "compatibility" among 3D displays (of the "following the M-3DI standard" at least), standard participants include Changhong, Funai, Hisense, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Seiko Epson, Sim2 and ViewSonic. Where are all the others? Working on their own active-shutter glasses technology, probably.
The announcement follows the CEA's call for proposals for the creation of an industry wide active-shutter standard-- for which M-3DI is one such proposals. A first step towards a "truly universal 3D eyewear"? Only until either passive 3D glasses or glasses-free 3D take over.
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