Says the new STBs will support Internet content:
ZTE Corp. 763, China’s second-largest maker of telephone equipment, plans to release digital set-top boxes for 3D television services that will run Google Inc. GOOG’s Android operating system.
via ZTE Plans 3D Digital-TV Boxes Operating Google’s Android – Bloomberg.
Which is why I think 3D is going to occur via the Internet more than the traditional broadcast pipes, particularly while 3D is a growing niche.
Interesting idea:
Presente3D is an easy to use add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint that allows you to easily take any existing MS PowerPoint slide and make it 3D in minutes.
via Presente 3D adds Stereo to PowerPoint for $59.
For now, a niche market, but an interesting idea as glass free displays begin to become common. Although, if this takes off, undoubtedly Microsoft would add similar 3D support directly to Powerpoint – or by up this company 🙂
The 3D display market is set to grow from 50.8 million units and $13.2 billion in revenue in 2011 to 226 million units and $67 billion in revenue in 2019 worldwide, according to the NPD DisplaySearch 3D Display Technology and Market Forecast Report. 3D TVs contribute heavily to this projection and create the largest revenue stream with anticipated growth from 25 million units in 2011 to approximately 180 million units in 2019.
via TV to Drive Global Demand for 3D-Ready Devices, According to NPD DisplaySearch – DisplaySearch.
This refers to broadcast cable/satellite/over-the-air 3D TV viewing:
Only 2 percent of TVs in the U.S. are able to show 3D programming, according to the most recent data from research firm IHS Screen Digest. Thats about 6.9 million sets out of 331 million. After this years Christmas buying rush, IHS expects the number of 3D-capable televisions installed in homes to jump to 19.3 million, mostly because 3D viewing technology is being built into most new large-screen TVs. But even with the jump, 3D TVs will amount to less than 6 percent of all sets.
via Whos Watching? 3D TV Is No Hit With U.S. Viewers | News | Product Design & Development.
Which is also why I think 3D is taking off “online” first. “. Broadcast needs huge markets while online delivery can work for small market segments, just like the hundreds of small market Youtube channels are working today to deliver content to consumers and profits to small producers.
The future of 3D “TV” could bypass the traditional multi-channel delivery model.
Phereo Ltd. (Saint Petersbourg, Russia) unveils a new application that brings stunning 3D photos to Samsung Smart TVs. Phereo 3D Photo delivers content from the phereo web portal, the world’s first social network for 3D photographers and viewers, directly to users of Samsung’s web-enabled 3D TVs.