3dtv

3D TV has a lot of practical uses for a lot of different people both professionally and personally. For example, the applications to diagnostic medicine are pretty obvious. After all, a two dimensional X-ray could never compare to viewing a scan of someone's innards from any angle when it comes to figuring out what's wrong with them. Three-D scans could take the guess work out of a variety of different types of surgery by allowing doctors to look at wounds, tumors, foreign objects, broken bones, and blockages before even opening a patient up (Sanderson, 2008). Plus, when combined with real time scanning technology that's already available, 3D TV could even allow doctors to look at the physical processes of living people in real time!

The applications for physicists, scientists, and engineers could also be extremely useful. Much like doctors could do with humans, zoologists could look at the inner workings of exotic, even possibly endangered animals, without dissection. Physicists will be able to use the technology to analyze complex processes that would be extremely difficult to conceptualize in two dimensions. Engineers will be able to do similar things with the technology in order to visualize the things that they're building and designing. If you think about the extremely small applications of nanotechnology, you can see how 3D TV could be extremely useful for the development of that technology as well. After all, with most other mediums people can look at their prototypes.

What makes 3D TV so unique is the fact that it is an innovation rather than an elaborate upgrade. The reason why most consumers have not been as receptive to similar technologies like HDTV and plasma is because they are viewed as fancy improvements, rather than a new viewing experience (Nguyen, 2010). 3D TV, with the ability to deliver three-dimensional realism to TV viewing, is the novel experience consumers are looking for. The technology will certainly replace DTV in 2-3 years time....