Acer Shows Off 3D Laptop

Before getting into this story, I have to confess that I’m not a huge fan of ‘3D’. I hate 3D movies, and having to wear glasses to see an image come towards me is more than I care to go through when watching a movie. Barring all of that, Acer is at least pushing the capabilities of notebooks with their first 3D laptop.

The machine is called the Acer Aspire 5738PG (inspirational, I know). The device uses a combination of hardware, software, and the same tried and true glasses to present a 3D effect. Again, with the glasses. PCPro demoed the product, and everything they’ve reported on sounds positive as of now:

“And it works well. I watched a number of nice-looking demos where futuristic planes flew through futuristic landscapes, monsters emerged threateningly from the screen at random moments, and, um, I looked at a 3D photo.

There are drawbacks. You need to have your head positioned carefully to see the 3D effects without ghosting – where every object seems to have the slightest of shadows – and you do look a bit of a fool. Just to prove it, that’s me looking a fool above.”

The 3D laptop releases later this month, to coincide with Windows 7.

[via: PCPro]