CES 2012: Five Focal Points For This Year's Technology Trade Show
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[Forbes]
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2. Is 2012 the year for 3D technology? Sure, in phones, because what consumers really need are glasses to wear to watch content on a phone. Sarcasm aside, sometimes technology enables combinations that can be done, but should not necessarily be made. Think of the old Casio MP3-player watch, that enabled you to listen on ear buds tethered to…your wrist. To be fair to 3D technology, a marketing sentence at CES this year that includes both “3D” and “phone” will also like be centered around “capturing” and “images in 3-D,” rather than playback.
On the TV front, given the perceived advantage in 3D TV sets by the Japanese manufacturers such as Panasonic and Sony over the Korean manufacturers such as LG and Samsung, expect to hear more about 3D in January. That said, until prices come down further, a single 3D TV standard is agreed to, and more content in 3D becomes available, in our opinion, 3D TV is still more of a 2013-2015 CES theme rather than 2012.
For the sake of being thorough on the topic of 3D, Nintendo continues to make its push for 3D gaming technology via its 3D DS (3DS) handheld, and is one of the rare exceptions where glasses are not required for game play. Nintendo just recently announced another string of games in 3-D that will be available for the 3DS in the first few months of 2012, which will help support any 3DS gifts under the tree this holiday. …
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