That’s right, folks! No longer do we have to stream Netflix movies or mirror our Angry Birds from the iPhone to our Apple TV in that ridiculous 2D! It is time to go 3D! What’s that, you hate 3D glasses? That’s okay. With Stream TV we are going glasses-free 3D! According to a story from the great team at Macworld, Stream TV Networks, who develop glasses-free 3D technology for TV sets, announced that they are enabling Apple TV users to beam Apple TV content or the content from our other iOS devices to the 3D TVs using the company’s Ultra-D autostereoscopic technology.

This is to say, Stream TV Network will be encoding our 2D content into 3D in real time, with no loss in clarity/quality, or so they claim:

The technology combines an optical lens on a panel and a software and hardware layer to convert high-definition images into a format suitable for glasses-free 3D TVs.

For example, users can stream Netflix movies through Apple TV, and the Ultra-D software layer does the 2D-to-3D conversion into a format suitable for the glasses-free 3D TV.

Now, we have not seen any physical proof of these claims ourselves but it sounds quite promising. Martin Rajan, CEO of the company, says that, “a lot of the major players are banging on our door to add this technology to their products.” Beyond this Rajan goes on to say that they can, and will if necessary, expand to Android devices, Blackberry, and Symbian.

Glasses-free 3D TVs with Ultra-D are not available yet. Stream Networks is now making the Ultra-D technology available to TV makers. The first Ultra-D TVs may come later this year.

According to the report from Macworld:

Glasses-free 3D TVs are not widely available yet, with only a few companies like Toshiba releasing products. Autostereoscopic TVs remain the next big goal in 3D TVs, and companies such as Sony and Samsung have demonstrated prototype TVs, but there have been issues around effectively splitting images between the right and left eyes at the same time for the right 3D effect. Stream TV has tried to overcome the issues with a combination of hardware and software.

3D TVs are gaining popularity, but the inconvenience of wearing 3D glasses remains a hindrance to its growth. Shipments of 3D LCD TV panels totaled 7.8 million in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 26 percent compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to NPD DisplaySearch. The research firm said that 3D TV panel shipments could total 50 million units this year, a 21.6 percent penetration rate of all LCD panels shipped.

So what do you think? Would you go 3D if it was glasses free?

umOuch (Andrew Brasher)

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1. Apple to build 3D TV system
2. Apps coming to Apple TV
3. Adobe AIR 3 games for iOS
4. The Pear TV
5. Apple TV Hacks Store

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1. Apple to build 3D TV system

Ben Kunz from Thought Gadgets predicts that Apple will soon get in the television business and build a 3D TV system. The trigger for his prediction was a patent that Apple won last year: the company wants to use Microsoft Kinect-type movement tracking to determine where the eyes of every person watching the TV in the same room are and then project separate beams of light to both of each user’s eyes making it possible for every person in the room to experience 3D without glasses. Kunz even thinks that thanks to this “truly holographic experience” plane travel could become a thing of the past!

Thought Gadgets:  Apple to build a hologram

2. Apps coming to the Apple TV

We all know that one of the next big things for Apple will be apps for the Apple TV. Developer Michael Gile predicts that “Apple TV will be the most successful game console in history.” He took the stage at 360iDev in Denver and showed off the code he’s already gotten running on the Apple TV and demoed an  app that let him to load up and play media assets. Gile also revealed that he’s working on porting Wolfenstein 3D and Quake over to the Apple TV’s system and announced that he’ll be releasing a version of the cocos2D iOS development platform that will also work with the Apple TV. Be ready for apps!

TUAW: 360iDev: Getting ready for apps on the Apple TV

3. Adobe AIR 3 games for iOS

It looks like Gile and other developers will soon have another option for making apps for iOS. Adobe has announced version 3 of its AIR software that is said to allow game publishers to deliver console-quality 2D and 3D games to any device running on iOS. Adobe promises that with AIR 3 developers will be able to deliver a “new class of gaming, premium video experiences, as well as sophisticated, data-driven applications” across devices, including the iPhone and iPad.

AppleInsider: Adobe promises ‘console quality’ games on iPhone, iPad with cross-platform AIR 3

4. The Pear TV

Our Facebook fan Steve has found and shared with us on our page that on the show iCarly, instead of using “Apple”, they use “Pear”, as in Pear Phone and Pear Pad. He posted a photo of his TV screen on which we can see the characters watching… the “Pear TV”. You can see it here.

5. Apple TV Hacks Store

We have a new section in Apple TV Hacks – our merchandising store! Join our Facebook page and tell us what is your favorite item in the store and we will make a draw among the participants in two weeks. Make your choice for a chance to win the item you like most!

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