New Panasonic BD Player with Red 3D Glasses

Hope it's as good as it looks...with something called Active Shutter 3D Technology

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/09/11/panasonic-full-hd-3d-experience-eyes-on/#continued

Has anyone considered the longterm effects of wearing these goggles or glasses? 3D movies are nothing new, I remember wearing red 3D shades over ten years ago. There was a warning about prolonged exposure, surprised no one has mention this. :eek:

Has anyone considered the longterm effects of wearing these goggles or glasses? 3D movies are nothing new, I remember wearing red 3D shades over ten years ago. There was a warning about prolonged exposure, surprised no one has mention this. :eek:

Those/these are not the same old red/green combo glasses.

Those/these are not the same old red/green combo glasses.

And that is the reason some study should be done on them cause long term effects are not normally uncovered until after someone gets harmed. In a somewhat related item ,the cellphone/radiation/cancer subject keeps popping up around every six months via the various news sources. A study I saw yesterday on NBC News said that young adults are more susceptible because their skulls are not fully hardened. A sensible argument....:confused:

Active shutter 3D uses eyeglass lenses that are lcd derived and they can be alternately made opaque and then clear with an application of a low voltage. The display has to switch right/left images at a rapid frame rate, and the lenses are switched clear/opaque synchronously with the images so that the left eye only sees left images and the right eye only sees right images.
No more harmful than regular TV viewing and it works pretty well.

Active shutter 3D uses eyeglass lenses that are lcd derived and they can be alternately made opaque and then clear with an application of a low voltage. The display has to switch right/left images at a rapid frame rate, and the lenses are switched clear/opaque synchronously with the images so that the left eye only sees left images and the right eye only sees right images.
No more harmful than regular TV viewing and it works pretty well.

Are you 100% sure about that?

Are you 100% sure about that?

IMAX used them for years with IMAX 3D

Are you 100% sure about that?

If you get up for a break and forget you're wearing them, maybe not. No more harm than normal viewing which has been known to cause aberrations of the thought process.
They have been used by physicians for medical imaging.

If you get up for a break and forget you're wearing them, maybe not. No more harm than normal viewing which has been known to cause aberrations of the thought process. They have been used by physicians for medical imaging.

I did not know this!

If you get up for a break and forget you're wearing them, maybe not. No more harm than normal viewing which has been known to cause aberrations of the thought process.
They have been used by physicians for medical imaging.

I was a vision scientist for many years, and first saw these demoed in the early 90s. So definitely nothing new. However this is the first time I've seen a mention of this technology for a mass market device, as opposed to research or niche products.

Also, I can't see how such glasses could be harmful. All they do is alternate which eye can see, and they do this at twice the frame rate (so you get a left and right eye view every frame). It's way too fast for us to even be able to perceive the constant on/off of each eye's view. Maybe some possible eye strain over extended use, but probably not even that.

Also, IME, this is the best 3D viewing technology I've tried, and I've tried them all. I just never thought it was very practical for a mass-market system.

Oh, and if you get up and forget you're wearing them, you probably would barely even notice. Unless you're looking at the medium with which they are synced, the only perceivable effect is a slight dimness (because each eye is only "seeing" half the time).

I was a vision scientist for many years, and first saw these demoed in the early 90s.

Also, IME, this is the best 3D viewing technology I've tried, and I've tried them all. I just never thought it was very practical for a mass-market system.

Oh, and if you get up and forget you're wearing them, you probably would barely even notice. Unless you're looking at the medium with which they are synced, the only perceivable effect is a slight dimness (because each eye is only "seeing" half the time).

In getting up while wearing them, I was thinking more about consequences from the attached electrical cord. :D
I first saw them displaying 3D neurovascular angiography images at a medical show. I worked for GE and the developer was using our equipment. I also remember that he had written "Puff the Magic Dragon". Honest!

In getting up while wearing them, I was thinking more about consequences from the attached electrical cord. :D
I was assuming, based on the photo, that these were wireless. If not, then yeah, I could see some damage being done. But not to your eyes.