The Meta system includes stereoscopic 3D glasses, supplied by Epson ... For example, a floating 3D model of a CAT scan could assist doctors in surgery, a group of architects could model buildings ...

Our brains combine these two views into an internal 3D model of whatever we are seeing ... instead present a different image to each eye. Glasses-based 3D systems can work in several ways.

That lets you view things like 3D models and movies with the same amount of depth that you'd expect from a typical 3D screen with glasses. Now this isn't exactly new — Acer has been hyping up ...