This is a really awesome idea. For those folks investing in these expensive glasses this could be a nice little added bonus. My biggest gripe with Split screen has always been the loss of resolution and screen area - this would fix that. That is, assuming the hardware can handle it.

Such an interesting concept. Yes, this would totally work, You would just have to have the shades block both eyes at the same time instead of alternating back and forth.

It would still hit the processor just as hard, so those limits would still be there, but the whole issue of not having as much screen real estate to work with would be completely gone.

You loose the advantage of being able to glance at your partners "screen" to see where they are or whats happening to them, but yeah, this is a pretty neat concept.

this is very cool. i just can't justify the cost though. i'm sure several years for now it will be cheaper and more common. i'm definitely looking forward to that

like i was saying to nick, the next thing will be hooking up two devices to this tech so i can play games while my wife is watching TV.

So if I get this right... If I see the screen on the left side of the TV, then I see a different image than the player on the right side of the TV? It's awesome that way, as you can't peek the other screen.

And if they don't want to add SplitScreen because of 3D, then there's a solution there too - "You can't play 3D in SplitScreen", and bam! SplitScreen is still there, but without 3D. Nobody dies, period (lolz)

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it really doesn't matter where you're sitting since it uses glasses. the frames alternate between the two players, your glasses essentially "blink" when the other player's frames are up so you don't see them. it's fast enough that theoretically, you shouldn't notice it.

Cool idea but I am with Smurphster, gotta wait for the price to drop.

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You explained that very well, I'm always struggling to explain this tech to people and the "blink" example is perfect.

Yeah, the price is too high for most. If it takes off like HD has, then its only a matter of time before this is very affordable.

I love the idea of TVs that will automatically allow two different inputs to be displayed at once. There is already a car navigation system that does this with the type of screen the 3DS uses. The driver sees the GPS stuff, but the passengers see a movie. That type is based on viewing angle.

AWESOME!!

From the point of view of someone who wears glasses, I hope they don't ever do away with splitscreen... at least until they find a better, economic solution that doesn't involve a second pair of glasses for some of us.

@Mugsy You could wear lenses instead.

I've never been a fan of those funky 3d-glasses but this concept sounds pretty decent! However splitscreen isn't that bad either.

This is right cool. I hate split screen so much. It eats up room on my game when I'm playing, it allows for screen looking, and having to share a screen with someone (especially if they don't know what they're doing) can be really frustrating. Besides having another console this pretty much solves the problem.

All you have to do is by an insanely expensive tv with glasses that will run you $50 each.

Am I the first one to ask....How the heck would the sound output work efficiently without headphones?

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On the patent, the glasses each have their own ear buds carrying the seperate audio.

If this becomes a reality... BEST use of 120Hz TVs!

Really a good idea. Let's see it live someday!