Nanolense based screen protector converts 2D display into 3D

Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have developed a nanotech based screen protector that turns the ordinary LCD screens of handheld devices into 3D displays. Start-up, Nanoveu Pte Ltd to market this technology. The unique plastic film can also potentially be used as next generation security tokens employed by banks and corporations. The plastic filter measures less than 0.1 mm in thickness. “The filter is essentially a piece of plastic film with about half a million perfectly shaped lenses engineered onto its surface using IMRE’s proprietary nanoimprinting technology,” said Dr Jaslyn Law, the IMRE scientist who worked with TP on the nanoimprinting R&D since 2010 to enhance the film’s smoothness, clarity and transparency compared to other films in the market. To complement the filter, the team developed applications for two software platforms, Apple iOS and Android, which allow users to play 3D content through its filter, in both landscape and portrait formats. The applications also allow 2D pictures taken using mobile devices to be converted into 3D. The team will be releasing a software development kit that enables game developers to convert their existing games into 3D versions. The team is also exploring using the same technology for security access tokens to decode PIN numbers sent online as an inexpensive and por...