Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen

[dhilipkumar]

Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen

TV shows filmed in 3-D, Acer Inc. plans to release a notebook PC this fall equipped with a 15.6-inch 3-D screen,

The notebook will have built-in software that can correctly display 3-D movies but also convert regular 2-D movies into 3-D, Campbell Kan, vice president of Acer's mobile computing unit

Acer won't be the first to offer 3-D-enabled notebooks. In 2003, Sharp Corp. released its Actius RD3D notebook with nearly identical 3-D rendering capabilities.

Users of Acer's first-generation notebook will still need to wear stereoscopic glasses for the 3-D to be effective, Kan said, though future models should be able to show the content in 3-D without special glasses.