Toshiba announces what it says is the world's first notebook with a glasses-free 3D display able to simultaneously display 3D and 2D content.
The dynabook Qosmio T851/D8CR uses familiar parallax screen technology together with facetracking via webcam (to track the users' eye positions). An integrated SpursEngine image processor handles 2D to 3D conversion while "Face3D" technology supposedly locates faces in 2D images and gives them a 3D appearance with graded shading.
The screen carries Toshiba's Active Lens technology, allowing users to switch the 3D effect on or off either entirely or restrict it to certain parts (or on-screen windows) of the LED panel.
Specifications-wise the notebook carries a Core i5-2410M processor, a GeForce GT540M graphics card, up to 8GB RAM and a BDXL-readhing blu-ray player.
It should start shipping in Japan this July, with other territories surely to follow accordingly.
