Two recent patents show that Sony Computer Entertainment, which makes the PlayStation franchise, is considering moving from split-screen multi-player to stereoscopic screen sharing.
What the hell is “stereoscopic screen sharing” you ask? Instead of having to use a split-screen when more than one person plays on the same television set, stereoscopic screen sharing allows two individuals to see two different screens when they wear the appropriate eye glasses.
The glasses, shown in the patents, look like they have ear buds which gives the illusion that each player will have their own separate audio feed. The only drawback is that you would need a 3DTV to take advantage of the features if implemented by Sony.
This would be a cool thing for gamers as cheating would be harder to do as you could not see your friend’s screen if playing against each other as reported Kotaku.