[PC Magazine – John Dvorak]

Penny Arcade made an interesting observation about the snazzy Nintendo 3DS that triggered this column, to wit:

With the flip of a switch, you can remove 3D from the new device altogether, transforming it into something which is less 3DS and is more DS2…

You can imagine our surprise when Gabriel the Younger reached up and turned off the 3D after about fifteen minutes. Days have passed, and he has yet to turn it back on. He thinks it’s neat that you can take 3D pictures, at least, as an idea. The pictures on the device are the ones Gabriel the Elder took in an attempt to show his heir that this was a cool thing to do.

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The old argument that stereo viewing will take off when the need for special glasses is eliminated is moot. I must report that the Nintendo 3DS requires no special viewing gear to see the 3D images. They pop off the screen. The Fuji camera display uses this technology, too.

So, what is the result of this breakthrough? The 3D is turned off!

The thinking will become: Once holograms work perfectly and can put images in the room, then 3D will blossom.

I suppose it might. But so far, 3D continues to remain a fad and a fiasco.

Read the full article here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396585,00.asp