I am always looking ahead to what will be the next tech wonder and while I do not like making my predictions public (’cause no one understands the tech or its ability to perpetuate itself) I have been correct much more than 65% of the time on the possibilities that would be delivered to the real world in near (10 years) future terms.
So not much boohaha about me now saying what some now know, True 3D technology for your TV is coming very soon and I mean very very soon as in the next 3 years it will be the hottest Christmas time purchase provided the world economy does not fall apart in the mean time.
What does surprise me is that if you know the history of computer graphics, you will know that the two largest industries that drove the computer graphics market in the 80’s and 90’s was #1 porn and #2 games. Then you might expect that the same industries to drive this new 3D market. Like a horse race, I would now say that the gaming industry is in the lead. Soon to be #2 in the driver of the market is 3D LCD-HDTV but I can’t imagine porn being left out just yet. I think that industry is just asleep at the wheel as it has been making mega profits from the web which still leads me to they are just asleep at the wheel period! Someone will make a profit out of this and it will drive sales of 3D Tv through the roof and drive the cost of 3D TV down for the rest of us as happened in the computer world.
Not that the world needs more porn on the internet but I find it remarkable that a industry that has so much money to invest in its own future has not caught the new tech as folks would buy it over the 2D porn that has saturated the web. Would you not attempt 3D porn to stand out from the crowd if that was your industry. I am certain that by the time you hear of 3D Porn, 3D TV will be in your living room. Enough ’bout that porn stuff!
They would not be the only industry sleeping at the wheel. Investors in all areas of Tech world still think of 3D as sitting in a movie theater wearing those funny blue and red cheap cardboard glasses. I would challenge you right now that you goggle “3D TV” and look at what your search engine brings to you for the first 4 pages of results. The Domain World that some folks describe as cybersquatters have already seen the light and like a good piece of real estate, it will be hard to get a domain name resembling anything starting with “3d”. So if you are thinking in investing in that area think again or think smarter ahead. I made my investments in 3D some years ago.
With the addition of Sony’s Blu-Ray disks, there should be enough space on a disk for some great HD 3D movies but I would suppose once 3D TV is in 50% of homes, we will need a new higher density disk (a prediction for 2014). If you were a 8 track quadraphonic or cd4 (4 channel record disc) music buff some years ago you would already know that a great opportunity was lost when audio CD’s came to the market and 4 channel sound was not an added feature as the discs had plenty of room to do so (one of my biggest failed predictions that I still have not got over).
So, in late 2012 it will be 3D Computer Games followed by 3D TV Sports with 3D porn video at a close 3rd.
I have seen the new 3D tech work and it is quite remarkable now and can only get better! Go See It for yourself.
The industry does have a few format wars to battle but 3D Flix will soon be everywhere. Just ask Dreamworks !
What, want a new long prediction… HoloGraphic TV ( H3D TV ) by 2017 if it does not eat your brain watching it.
UPDATE>>> Found on web… Maybe not asleep at the wheel?