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”The standard being pursued by CEA’s 3D Technology working...

"The standard being pursued by CEA’s 3D Technology working group is for the IR emitter signal that synchronizes active-shutter 3D glasses,” Brian Markwalter, CEA vice president of technology and standards, told us by e-mail. He was responding to statements by…

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XpanD executive David Chechelashvili that the working group’s effort to draft standards for interoperable 3D glasses is moving more slowly than expected (CED Aug 19 p1). The standard “is not for the glasses themselves, but would facilitate making interoperable active-shutter glasses, assuming 3D TVs adopt the standard when it is adopted,” Markwalter said. “The availability of universal active-shutter glasses is beneficial to the nascent 3D TV market. A standard helps keep the market from splintering into more emitter approaches, which would complicate universal glasses in the future. The aggressive target for completing the CEA standard is November of this year.” Chechelashvili said it would take at least a year to finish work on the standard.