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Acer Goes Deep with 3-D Laptop for Gaming, Movies By Peter Svensson October 23, 2009 7:20AM     Windows 7 doesn't have special features for 3-D screens, so Acer will ship the computer with special movie player software. Finding movies to play on it won't be easy, however -- there's no real consumer distribution system for the new 3-D movies that are shown in theaters, such as Monsters vs Aliens. For computer games, it's another matter.   Related Topics Acer Laptop Sharp Electronics Windows 7 Nvidia Latest News Plasma-TV Ban Could Be Costly Barnes & Noble Nook Is Delayed Flat PC Shipments Hurt Dell's Stock Ballmer Says Windows 7 Sales Good New Pogoplug 'Cloud' Gets Social With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further -- introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen. The abstrusely named Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 has a 15.6-inch screen that, with the help of special glasses, appears to take on depth if used with the right games or movies. It's not the first laptop with a 3-D screen. Sharp Corp. introduced one in 2003. It worked without glasses, but the viewer had to be somewhat careful to keep his head in the right place for the 3-D effect to work. The screen worked similarly to 3-D postcards -- the kind with the ribbed plastic layer -- but looked more convincing. Like Acer's model, the 3-D effect could be turned off with a button. Sharp's model cost $3,300 and was aimed at engineers and other professionals who might be helped by being able to show objects in 3-D. Acer's laptop costs just $780, barely more than a comparable, normal laptop. Windows 7 doesn't have special features for 3-D screens, so Acer will ship the computer with special movie player software. Finding movies to play on it won't be easy, however -- there's no real consumer distribution system for the new 3-D movies that are shown in theaters, such as "Monsters vs Aliens." For computer games, it's another matter. Most games will display in 3-D, even though they're designed for regular screens. On desktop computers, 3-D with glasses has been possible for years, if somewhat costly. Nvidia Corp., a leading maker of graphics cards, sells a $200 3-D kit. TV manufacturers are also excited about 3-D, and are trying to create discs and players that can bring 3-D movies into the living room.   © 2009 Associated Press/AP Online under contract with YellowBrix. All rights reserved.   Advertisement  Hardware 1.   IBM Steps Toward Thinking Machines 2.   U.S. Supercomputer Fastest in World 3.   Dell Makes Green Move with Bamboo 4.   Cisco, Logitech Target Mainstream 5.   After AMD: Intel's Next Big Battle

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