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Source:[IFA 2011]Sony announces HMZ-T1 Head Mounted 3D Display, makes 3D officially cool again

Sony has announced the HMZ-T1, a new Head Mounted 3D Display, which they like to call “Personal 3D Viewerâ€. It’s basically the equivalent of watching a 750-inch 3D TV from a distance of 20m, along with a pair of surround sound headphones, except this time it’s personal.

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The crux of the HMZ-T1 are the two OLED panels. Each of these panels is only 0.7-inch in size and have a resolution of 1280 x 720, which gives them a mind-blowing pixel density of 2098-PPI. Each of these displays on the HMZ-T1 are positioned in a way that they recreate the experience of watching a 750-inch 3D TV from 20m. Also, since these are two separate displays, it takes care of the cross-talk and the headache of watching a single display creating two images, as each eye is shown a different image, making the 3D experience more natural.

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The HMZ-T1 has its own pair of headphones on the side as well that create a 5.1 surround sound effect, so you don’t have to worry about the sound. The HMZ-T1 connects to a separate box from which it gets its signal. The box has HDMI input on the back for connecting your source and an HDMI out for through output. The HMZ-T1 can work with sources such as 3D Blu-ray as well as PlayStation 3 3D games.

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All this comes at a cost though and that cost is 60,000 Japanese yen, which is approximately US $779. Still, it is not prohibitively expensive and about the same as what you’d pay for a 3D TV. Except, the experience on this would be more personal but a lot better. The Sony HMZ-T1 will be launched in November 2011.


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Awesome. I was waiting for this type of device to launch or come into consumer market. Would love to see more of these products to launch.
 
Yes! Finally I can become Cyclops too! :p

It's an interesting product. IMO it isn't that expensive considering that all 3D products are very expensive.

I hope you can use 5.1 speakers instead of those puny headphones. IMO it would be a better experience. Ofcourse, the people around me who can't watch will be annoyed. :p
 
any device similar to this which plays regular movies instead of 3d?.It should have a storage inbuilt or should be able to connect through wireless/bluetooth etc to a storage device or even a pc?should also be able to play different formats like mkv etc.

any ideas guys?
 
Very promising product at a not so high price. Im in the market for a 3d tv at around 1.5 lakhs and I should keep reminding myself this is a personal viewer and cant replace a TV. The 750 inches dual OLED part is very tempting but buying 4 of these is not practical :( and option for audio output is a must as Im not a huge fan of SONY's audio products.
 
Vuzix Wrap 1200VR video eyewear does 3D with head-tracking for $600, now available
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Update: We initially reported the that the Vuzix Wrap 1200VR outputs video in simulated 720p, when it actually supports resolutions up to 1280 x 720 -- both WVGA monitors have a resolution of 852 x 480. We've updated this post accordingly.

Source : Vuzix Wrap 1200VR video eyewear does 3D with head-tracking for $600, now available -- Engadget
 
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