You Thought You Had Eye Strain Before...

[ZombiePete]

Dude, this cool. Engadget is reporting that Sony has applied for a patent that, utilizing 3D TV technology and shutter glasses (a la those $100 3D glasses kids keep breaking at the Best Buy 3D TV display), will allow two people to play a video game, sharing the same screen, but both seeing different images.

I remember the days of playing GoldenEye for the Nintendo64 and trying to see what was going on in those tiny squares on our already tiny TV when I was a kid, and this is cool. Even now on my substantially larger TV, split-screen can be distracting when there's a lot of action going on, like in Left 4 Dead. This idea is awesome, and a little trippy.

Apparently Microsoft is doing the same type of thing, only sans the glasses.

Man I love living in the future.