Help Optimus 3D Recording & Playback: How Well Will It Work?

[Rob]

I couldn't be more excited about the Optimus 3D. I was excited when I heard it would play 3D without the need for glasses. Now, they've officially announced the phone and it will also be able to RECORD 3D content.
BREAKING: LG Optimus 3D Both Plays And Records 3D Content | Android Phone Fans

That's insanely awesome.

The question is... how well will it work? Will playback be a vivid 3D experience? Will the dual cameras collect an enjoyable 3D experience? Or will it be more gimmick than anything else?

The great thing about this, in my opinion, is that even if the 3D inclusion is more of a gimmick... it's still got enough of an awesome-wow factor to pull a ton of popularity.

Discuss!

 

[The Dark Knight]

I agree, I simply cannot wait for a phone such as this! I've been eligible for an upgrade from my Sprint Hero ever since Christmas 2010, and I was offered a new phone as a birthday present this past January, but I'm am really holding out for a great 3D phone with spectacular display and cameras specs, as well as a cutting edge advanced processor.

The newly displayed Kyocera Echo seems really cool, but I truly want the 4G connectivity in a device that has vastly improved processing capabilities and graphics functionality. It might just be my opinion, but it's what I'm waiting for!

 

[BlueIce5249]

When I first heard about this phone, I was thinking gimmick. But the more I hear about it, the more excited I get. Recording 3D content is huge! But if it only plays back in 3D or blurry 2D, I'm not sure it will be very useful.

However, the biggest thing that I thing is going to decide whether this is a gimmick phone or a real contender is the battery life. The 2 cameras and 3D display concerns me, especially if you're taking a lot or video's or pictures.

Overall, I think LG is really going to break into the smartphone market here. Right now it's dominated by Motorola and HTC, with Samsung pulling up the rear. If LG can make this phone more than a gimmick with good battery life, it'll put them right up there with Motorola and HTC.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this phone released, I've had an upgrade available since LAST February and this could be the phone that makes me fold.

 

[manufan5]

Is this phone going to be available for AT&T customers ?

 

[jinwons]

I am very impressed by Optimus 3D unveiled at MWC. It's got massive 4Gbs of DDR2 RAM and 2950 of Quadrant score. It's suddenly looking even better than Galaxy S2 in my eye. My only concern is its 12mm thickness doesn't bode well with thin trend these days.

 

[kopkiwi]

Bah thin, thick, who cares.

It has enough of a feature set that it wont matter. Especially if they pull off the 3D aspect of it.

If 3D is done well, I think I may have found my next phone.

 

[jinwons]

For large screen phones like this (4"+), thickness, weight matters to me. 12mm is a bit on the thick side in comparison to newest phones coming out now, which are mostly below 10mm and some are even thinner than 9mm. I wonder if that's measured on the thickness part where camera is or not.

 

[Roze]

So on another blog, one of the comments go to me about the dual camera lenses to record 3D videos:

half-assed 3-D by MobiusStrip on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Unfortunately, those lenses are way too close together to create proper (meaning human) 3-D.

After 150 years or so of stereoscopic photography, it's incredible to see this blunder being made. Standard human interocular spacing is 64mm (about 2.5 inches). Look at this camera: I doubt the spacing is even half that.

And before someone jumps in with, "No, because of the field of view of these lenses..."; that doesn't matter. It's not the field of view that matters; it's the POINT of view. If you're 13 inches away from seeing around a corner and you move one foot toward it, you still can't see around the corner. If you move a foot and a half, you can see around the corner. Putting wide-angle glasses on wouldn't have let you see around it without moving.

Same thing with 3-D cameras. Lenses one inch apart will not see the same objects or parts of objects that lenses 2.5 inches apart will, regardless of their field of view.

This camera is BS.

From the comment, the 3D viewing won't be real 3D. Can someone else chip in

 

[sjael]

So on another blog, one of the comments go to me about the dual camera lenses to record 3D videos:

From the comment, the 3D viewing won't be real 3D. Can someone else chip in

It will be real 3D; with two different viewpoints it has to be.

As for the lens pitch being a lot narrower than human eyes, I imagine it's got a lot to do with perspective. The way I imagine it, on a handheld device like the O3D, you will always be viewing it from about the same distance, so LG decided to make the lenses that far apart to better represent what your eyes are seeing when you are holding the phone, not what you would see if your eyes were at the same position as the lenses (as is more common on 3D cameras.)

That's the way I see it as having happened. A lot of time and money goes into developing these phones, and I don't think, on a phone centered around 3D, that you could 'overlook' such an important aspect.

As for the phone itself, I've suspected all along that it would be a major power house - and it is, so I will probably get it for that. The 3D is just icing.