Despite being the leader of display panels, Samsung has actually been rather quite about glass-free 3D TVs, compared to other manufacturers. But now, the Korean giant has finally showed off its first prototype, at the FPD China trade show.

According to Tech-On!, the 55-inch display is able to house nine different viewpoints for glasses-free 3D viewing, and it can be interchanged into a 2D mode at any time, which works by changing the optical refraction index of an LCD panel that sits on top of the main LCD that’s actually used to display images. The current prototype is still relying on a direct-lit CCFL backlight, although Samsung notes that would likely be replaced with an LED backlight before it actually hits the market, in 3 years’ time.

At the moment, you’ll still have to wear those silly glasses.

SOURCE via Nikkei BP