3D glasses standard sought by Samsung, Sony and Panasonic

Expensive 3D glasses that only work on one TV aren’t helping 3D’s popularity. While LG is pushing passive glasses so more pairs can be bundled with TVs, other manufacturers are sticking to the brighter active specs.

Now Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and XpanD (which makes 90 per cent of the world’s glasses, including its own-brand universal specs) are teaming up for what they call the Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative, to find one standard for all 3D TVs. This will mean you can get your own stylish pair of glasses and take them to your mate’s to watch ‘the big game’ en masse. Plus you won’t need to spend more than the price of a season ticket on a pair, as the price should be driven down thanks to multiple company investment.

Of course by the time that happens, glasses-free screens like on the Nintendo 3DS, LG Optimus 3D and HTC EVO 3D could already be the norm. Either way, anything that makes 3D cheaper and easier is okay by us.

Also

Nintendo 3DS video review

LG Optimus 3D video review

HTC EVO 3D heads for Europe

LG DX2000 3D glasses-free monitor incoming

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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