Small 3D displays that don't require glasses are in, and LG plans to show off what it's calling the first "full" 3D smartphone at a mobile conference later this month.
The LG Optimus 3D isn't really the first Android phone to do the glasses-free 3D trick—after all, we heard word of the no-glasses, 3D-enabled Sharp Galapagos in November, while the Samsung W960 (granted, just a feature phone) beat everyone to the glasses-free 3D phone party last May.
But LG is promising a "full" 3D experience thanks to a dual-lens camera capable of taking 3D pictures, which (presumably) you'll be able to view instantly on the handset's 3D display.
So, how big of a display are we talking here? LG's press release goes way easy on the details, adding only that the Optimus 3D will come with HDMI support and DLNA for sharing 3D content, with "further details and a live demo" slated for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.
For a picture—or a purported picture, at least—of the Optimus 3D, we need look no further than Phandroid, which has a snapshot of what appears to be a new LG Optimus handset with a four-inch-ish screen.
A tipster claims that the Optimus 3D will come with a dual-core processor, same as on the recently announced Optimus 2X, while a little dot that appears to be a lens for a front-facing camera sits in the upper-right corner of the handset's bezel.
In any case, we'll be getting the full skinny on the Optimus 3D at LG's MWC press event; I won't be making the trip to Barcelona, unfortunately, but I'll be following along remotely.
Handheld devices with small, glasses-free 3D displays will be getting a major test with the arrival of the Nintendo 3DS later this month in Japan, with a worldwide release to follow in March. During my brief hands-on with the 3DS, I called its 3D screen "far better than I was expecting" with "a real sense of depth to the image," although I could "feel the eye strain creeping in" when the 3D effect was pushed too far.
Expect more glasses-free 3D smartphones to arrive on the heels on the LG Optimus 3D, although whether we're talking an honest-to-goodness trend or little more than a gee-whiz fad remains to be seen.
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