Obviously, iPhone 5 is not meant for 3D content and Apple is not even planning to make such a device in the coming future. However, jailbroken iPhone 5 owners can still try a few 3D apps available on the cydia, but I am still not sure about the compatibility issues. Now a Singapore-based research company has shown the easiest way you can turn your iPhone 5 3D capable, and it is not a software based solution.
The trick is actually a thin polycarbonate film called the EyeFly 3D film, and even though it is as simple as any other screen protector, but the engineers behind the idea have actually added almost half a million tiny lens-like clusters. These tiny lens are almost one-thousandth the thickness of a human hair, and consequently totally invisible, but the combination of all these lenses helps create 3D perception.
The film once applied to your iPhone 5 screen will magically turn 2D content into stunning stereoscopic 3D. The 3D screen for the iPhone 5 is priced at $35 and works iPhone 5 with promise from manufacturer to include other devices soon. However , according to the test conducted by CNet, the screen has a minor problem, and it is that the Retina display with layer of plastic appeared lower in resolution making the text and application icons show edges. However, the brightness is not lost in the transition and is the best and cheapest option to have 3D experience on iPhone 5.
Now, that the manufacturers have stopped experimenting with 3D smartphones, you will not get any decent 3D smartphone in the market even in coming future. The company behind the EyeFly 3D is offering buyers a pre-order page and if you are interested in having that 3D experience on your iPhone 5 then the link is provided at the end of this post. The company is promising to start shipping the product within next few weeks.
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Tags: 3d, 3d apps, 3d screen, cydia, iphone 5
