Times: 2010 will see a blizzard of television innovations

Times, January 8, 2010, 2010 will see a blizzard of television innovations
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article6981466.ece

There is nothing new about 3D (invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840) – likewise there is nothing new about Augmented Reality (Head Up Displays, aka HUDs were created by the Royal Navy five decades ago), so there is a compelling argument that questions why now would either of these concepts become commonplace in 2010?

For 3D to take-off (this year), the market for consumption of media in 3D format has to be there – I personally don’t see this – I don’t see the consumer appetite for it anymore than I see the appetite for HD! How many homes have currently watch HD TV or even HD video (Blu-ray)?

Add into this mix, the need to upgrade your TV to a 3D TV and I just can’t see the mass adoption required to make this the year of 3D. Early adopters aside (which I count myself as one, owning an HD ready and TrueHD TV as well as Freesat, Cable and Freeview, a Blu-ray player and a 1080p Digital SLR), 3D simply won’t make a huge impact on the populous outside of the domain it is best suited to – cinema :)

AR (Augmented Reality) on the other hand is a reality (pun intended) that is here to stay and only get richer, thanks mainly to smartphones, and the king of those, the iPhone.