Lenovo is testing glasses-free computers with a ring controller.
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Lenovo’s new ThinkBook 3D Laptop Concept and Hybrid Dimensional 34-inch Curved Monitor Concept, announced at Mobile World Congress 2025, use directional backlighting and head tracking to simultaneously show 2D and 3D content without glasses. An accompanying AI Ring concept can be worn to control them with gesture-based spatial controls. It sounds like Leia’s tech, but Lenovo reps would not confirm during my short demo. Maybe 3D is coming back? (I doubt it.) [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_2025_laptop_preview_ADiBenedetto_0012.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_2025_laptop_preview_ADiBenedetto_0013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_2025_laptop_preview_ADiBenedetto_0015.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_2025_laptop_preview_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_2025_laptop_preview_ADiBenedetto_0019.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/7-ThinkBook-3D-Laptop-Concept.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/257550_Lenovo_MWC_AJohnson_0005.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/5-AI-Ring.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
  • MudMan@fedia.io
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    14 hours ago

    They abandoned many things when transitioning to the Switch. Most notably home consoles. I wouldn’t extract too many conclusions from that train of thought.

    But yeah, I’m not saying the 3DS stereo display was hugely popular, even if the console itself did pretty well. Clearly a bunch of people were very hostile to it (and to every other variant of 3D display) right off the bat and never looked back. If the meme of “I switched the 3D slider down and never touched it again” popular at the time didn’t show that this thread seems to be good proof.

    I’m saying people were extremely wrong about that and I’m surprised that the massive improvement in the New 3DS flew under the radar enough for some people to not even be aware that it happened. The tech absolutely works, and the two iterations Nintendo did absolutely show that it can be implemented very effectively for cheap.