Hands (and eyes) on with 3D Acer Aspire 5738DG

The future’s so bright, you’ve got to wear shades. At least, that’s what Acer thinks. In addition to the touchscreen version of the 5738, (which we just reviewed) the company has also come out with a model that has a 3D screen. That’s why the screen to the right looks so messed up – you need to wear the glasses sitting on the keyboard. Unlike those cheapo cardboard specs with blue and red lenses that you used to get in comic books, these glasses are polarized, and are closer to what you’d get when you go to one of those 3D IMAX movies.

So what does it look like when you put on the glasses? Read on to find out.

While we can’t exactly show you what the 3D image looks like (you’d actually need a 3D screen of your own), we can show you how the image clears up when you put on the shades. In the photo below, we held the glasses in front of the camera lens.

In this shot, the right side shows how the screen looks without the glasses, and the left side shows how it looks when you’re wearing the specs.

And here’s a closeup, without (left) and with (right) the glasses.

We’re interested to see how fully the 3D screen is integrated into the PC as a whole. As we said in our review of the Aspire 5738PG, while it’s a great $800 system, the touchscreen isn’t fully utilized, which tends to mar the overall experience. Whether or not the 3D screen is a success or not depends on what applications there are to take advantage of the technology.

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