[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is an advance of an effort started and reported on a few months ago here.]

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Three television manufacturers intend to create a new technology standard for 3D active glasses, targeted for use in the home. Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony will put the standard together in conjunction with active 3D glasses manufacturing company XPAND 3D, and are hoping that the new standard will foster wider adoption of the technology. The group will develop a set of system protocols that will allow 3D glasses and 3D televisions to be interchangeable among those brands, while providing backwards compatibility with 3D TVs they release in 2011. …

The standard will include multiple types of infrared protocols, including some that were formerly proprietary to Samsung and Sony. Through the standard, the four companies are hoping to “widely introduce” active 3D glasses to the market.  …

Read the full story here: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/08/samsung-sony-panasonic-dig-in-heels-for-active-3d-with-new-standard.ars