Remember 3DTVs, the now-extinct format that promised to carry Avatar into your house? For a fleeting second, 3D laptops have been additionally a factor. Dell and Alienware have been most famous for utilizing stereoscopic 3D expertise as an choice within the XPS 17 and Alienware m17 R3, however MSI, Sony, HP, Origin, and Asus additionally gave it a attempt.

Most 3D laptops used Nvidia’s 3D Vision platform, which some reviewers thought of to be higher than the stuff in 3DTVs. It didn’t, nevertheless, clear up the goofy glasses drawback. Worse but, most of those laptops wanted a package that was usually bought individually for greater than $100.

3D expertise was fairly restricted again then and solely labored with sure video games and Blu-ray discs, and but, not everybody hated the 3D impact. Sure, it prompted body charges to drop in video games, and enjoying for lengthy periods led to eye pressure, however daring adopters of this budding tech usually favored the 3D side. In the top, chunky, costly glasses and restricted assist have been explanation why 3D laptops went the way in which of 3DTVs.