The First 3D Gaming Notebook - Asus G51J 3D

With 3D movies currently taking the cinema box office by storm, isn't it about time your home entertainment entered a new dimension, too?

The Asus G51J 3D is the first Nvidia® 3D foresight laptop to offer a full-resolution 3D display, and movies, games and photographs all burst from its screen with fabulous clarity. It's all thanks to innovative new 3D technology that provides a fully immersive sense with eye-popping detail, giving a whole new meaning to the term '3D gaming'...

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The illusion of depth

3D - or 'stereoscopic' - images have been colse to since the earliest days of photography, and the law behind modern 3D displays are the same as those used 150 years ago.

All stereoscopic displays originate an illusion of depth in a two-dimensional image by mimicking the way in which our eyesight works - by superimposing two photos of the same scene taken at slightly different angles. How successful the resulting 3D image is depends on how those two images are then separated - which is where the Asus G51J 3D has the visual edge.

Crystal-clear 3D images

Rather than degrade a superimposed image by using such primitive stereoscopic techniques as red and cyan-coloured tints, or polarised screen filters, Nvidia® 3D foresight displays each pair of images alternately, in rapid succession. When viewed through glasses with Lcd lenses that 'blink' in time with the display, the supervene is a crystal-clear, full-resolution 3D image that can be viewed from any angle.

Nvidia® 3D foresight supports over 400 games, so where best to enjoy the benefits of this groundbreaking technology than in a cutting-edge gaming laptop? The Asus G51J 3D combines a quad-core Intel® Core™ i7 processor with expected Nvidia® Gtx 260M graphics for expected 3D gaming performance.

So, with the Asus G51J 3D, you can sit back, slip on the extra 3D glasses and sense a stunning new visual sensation that will bring your gaming to life.

Life in 3D

Humans see in stereo because our eyes are spaced slightly apart, and so each sees images from a different angle. The two images are combined by the brain to give a exquisite 3D image. Although 3D displays rely on the same two-image principle, the images are combined in different ways.

Good

Simple 3D displays superimpose two differently coloured images, which are viewed using glasses with one red and one cyan lens. The image can be blurry, with poor colour separation.

Better

Some 3D computer screens display an interlaced image behind a polarising filter. Glasses with polarising lenses then split the single image into the two originals, one for each eye. This creates a convincing 3D image, but interlacing means that the resolution is half that of the primary image and the 3D supervene disappears if the screen is viewed at an angle.

Best

The Asus G51J 3D displays each image alternately, in rapid succession on a custom 120Hz screen. Glasses with Lcd lenses that 'blink' in time with the display mean that each eye only ever sees one of the stereoscopic images. The supervene is a full-resolution 3D display with high frame-rates that can be viewed from any angle.

The First 3D Gaming Notebook - Asus G51J 3D

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