The new technique can be used to make 2D, 3D and even animated images. The new display starts with a basic PDMS polymer, which is treated with a chemical “switch” that makes it sensitive to light.

Researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz have developed a 3D display which can also be viewed in 2D without glasses, and without the blurred effect caused by overlapping images.

This configuration ensures that the display's footprint remains one size—essential for everyday use cases, like those listed above—but can flex to accommodate both 2D and 3D visuals on demand.

The use-cases for a multi-mode TV set are varied. If you don't like the 3D effect, then simply take off your glasses. If you have friends over, but not enough pairs of 3D glasses, no problem.

Up-dimensioning 2D content In the past, 3D technology has always had the chicken-and-egg problem of generating enough specially made 3D content for the displays to appeal to a critical mass.

The proposed foveated 3D display is centered around a large-scale 2D-metagrating complex (2DMC), which is served as a view modulator. The 2DMCs can be manipulated to generate the desired radiation ...

We've seen multiple attempts that approximate a 3D display, like a 2D image visible from all directions, but the tech world wasn't quite up to the challenge of true 3D yet.

According to the group from Seoul National University (SNU), the ability to switch between 2D and 3D images is critical if its device is to penetrate the highly competitive display market. The display ...

Essentially, in a 64-bit display, the backlight produces 64 2D displays that merge together, each independently rendering images to suit one perspective in the 180-degree viewing field.