Youniversal, Electronic 3D Glasses That You Can Personalize

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Still haven’t found a pair of 3D glasses for all the stereoscopic delights the immediate future’s about to bring your way?  Here’s one you might prefer over the competition: the Youniversal, billed as the world’s first personalized 3D electronic eyewear.

Created by Xpand, the specs offers up a nice break from the one-size-fits-all designs that exist among the current crop of 3D glasses.   The personalization don’t stop at the physical frames which come in multiple sizes, either — you can tailor the way they work using a number of parameters, too.

The Youniversal can be adjusted to sync with any television that uses active shutter 3D, apart from interfacing with your devices over a variety of connections, including Bluetooth, RF, IR and DLP-link.  Tweaking the parameters isn’t just done to make it work with your home theater gear, though — the idea is to personalize it for your own viewing preferences.  That means, you can customize it to perform more efficiently, depending on a number of factors, such as whether you’re wearing prescription glasses, the room’s ambient brightness or if you’re hankering for subtle 3D effects (as opposed to full-blown, “shark wants to bite your head off” realism).

All modifications can be accomplished via a companion smartphone app, available for both iOS and Android platforms, which makes it quite handy to operate.  Plus, the glasses don’t look all that bad — the Gigodesign-styled frame is actually quite attractive.

Xpand claims the Youniversal is the lightest and fastest active shutter 3D glasses in the market to date.  It will hit stores in April, although price is yet to be announced.

[Youniversal via Technologizer]

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6 Responses

  1. A friend bought the 3D shutter glass kit package from Samsung just a few months back. I don’t like the look of those glasses. Seems as if he is hiding a severe infection under those freaky lenses. The Xpand version of 3D shutter glasses looks more like something that would suit a normal human being. It is a big relief to know that the makers have been kind enough to consider different sizes of the frame.

  2. The red and cyan glasses sound like such a thing of the past. Xpand 3D glasses are sure to make some noise in the electronics market. There is huge void that needed to be filled up. Innovation van seemed to have hit the reserves as far as 3D lenses matter. Xpand definitely brightens things up, bringing in the customizations we all would love to add to out 3D home theatre systems. Mellowing down the impact of 3D is a particularly necessary and admirable feature of 3D shutter glasses. And this is the first time I am hearing a pair of 3D lenses provide the service. I am impressed.

  3. Cool shades, eh! Of course I know these are a lot more than ordinary shades. It is really attention seeking that there are options of altering the whole 3D experience by personalizing the settings of these 3D glasses. I guess it is a fair assumption that people with 3D HDTVs at their homes would have handsets with iOS and Android platforms. But what if a kiddo wishes to have some “come on shark, take my head off” stuff? Is there any other method of working with the Youniversal Electronic 3D glasses apart from the handset application? And are the modifications according to the room’s ambient light and brightness perceptible? What range of foci of prescription eye lenses does this model cater to? I hope there are answers to these queries.

  4. 3D shutter glasses that adjust according to the surrounding light and the power of the eye they serve; we surely have come a long way from home made red-cyan lenses! It is heart warming to know that the makers of these super cool 3D glasses have left no one out of the catalog by making all sizes available. The toning down of 3D effects would also be a handy feature for heavy 3D TV watchers. And even if despite all these features, the Youniversal 3D lenses retain the tag of the ‘lightest and fastest’ shutter gasses, I guess that would deserve all the hats offs and applause that we retain for the best of a trade.

  5. Bluetooth, RF, IR and DLP-link; connectivity completely satisfactory. Adjustment according to whether you wear prescription glasses, the brightness level in the room and your own whims and fancies about the impact of the 3D content you are about to watch on TV; really awesome! Android and iOS based software application to control the glasses, simply WOW!!

  6. Xpand’S Youniversal 3D shutter glasses are the top of the league, at least this is what appears from the vast feature list talked about in the article. I consider myself to be the ‘au courant’ of technology, and don’t remember having read or heard about 3D shutter glasses with all these powers of personalization.

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