Just curious if there is any relationship between Leia and Looking Glass… They both reference “Lightfield Technology”, which strikes me as more of a proprietary term than a technical description of the technology, and the underlying principals seem the same with multiple views creating the 3D effect. I have a RED Hydrogen and a Lume Pad 2 but am hopefully getting a 1st gen Lume Pad and Looking Glass Portrait for my collection - the Lume Pad 2 definitely has the better image, but I do like the ability to view in both landscape and portrait orientations and the older technology is more easily viewed by multiple people at the same time.
Is there any software that provides the ability to convert between the two companies?
I will also mention that despite being a startup, Looking Glass continues to provide access to software for their obsolete products… Leia / Immersity should take some notes on that.
As far as I know, they are unrelated. Stereo 3D and Lightfield technologies have existed for decades, before either company was even created. It just refers to a method of technology, even those old 3D baseball cards from 50 years ago could be considered lightfield (related to lenticular).
I had the original light field Leia but the battery swelled up to the point that the screen popped off, I spent hours searching for a replacement to no avail . If you’re going to buy a second hand one make sure that there’s no swelling and even if there isn’t there will be so be aware of future problems. I hope that helps. Another option if you’re looking for the old technology would be to get a Fujifilm picture viewer 2nd edition preferably as the old one was lower resolution.
The Fujifilm Real 3D viewer, version V3, (there never was a V2) is scarce and costs around $3000, even if you can find one for sale, usually in Japan. The V1 version is easier to find, (Fuji must have made more of them), and typically sells for $350 to $400 depending on condition. This makes the Leia pads, whether version 1 or 2, our best bet for 3D viewing at present. So, look after yours - make it last! The most important part is the light field screen. To preserve this vital feature if the battery fails, I suggest asking a competent repair technician to replace it with a similar spec battery, or remove it, leaving the space empty, and arrange wiring/plug for an external battery connection. There are plenty of folks out there who are able to replace iPad batteries, so I would go to one of them first.
Well, i’ve got the version one by fuji.But I haven’t used it in quite some time.I probably should sell it if I could get a few bucks for it.Thanks for the tip. As for the light field tablet version one I took it to 2 big name repair placees, And neither one wanted to touch it, because it was weird as one boy said. I’m close to eighty now on trying to downsize anyhow, were you interested in the fuji?
Hello Barrie, thank you for your response to my contribution above. I already possess a Fuji Real 3D Viewer V1, but I have rarely used it since I received my Leia Pad 1, which displays all of my .MPO photos, (and much more that the V1 doesn’t,) very satisfactorily. As for repair, it could be suggested that if you are considering trashing your Leia Pad anyway, you have nothing to lose by allowing a repair technician to open it up and take a look. You never know until you try. If you inform the technician that you were going to discard the Leia anyway, he might feel more encouraged to investigate, because if he fails to fix it, he knows you will be no worse off. However, if you persist in looking around, (“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again”) I am convinced you will eventually find a repair guy who will at least give it a go. As iPads and Leia pads are constructed similarly, on a machined aluminum base, the Leia’s ‘weird’ 3D screen should not make that much difference to accessing and then swapping out its battery. In my locality there is a repair shop which routinely renews iPad batteries, and I would have no hesitation in asking them to replace my Leia’s battery, should it require it.
Don’t many of these devices require removing the screen in order to access the intervals / battery? I suspect that may be why techs are hesitant to work on something like the Lume Pads…. But as you point out, if the inevitable end is the device being trashed anyway you might as well give it a try.
My pre-used LP1 is on it’s way now…. Looks to be in great shape and has a 30 day return window in case I discover any problems. While I love the sharpness of my LP2, I find the wider viewing angles and no face tracking on the LP1 very desirable - my RED H1 phone still looks good to me
If you still have your original Leia Pad 1 (the one with the battery that got so swollen it forced the screen off), you might consider that the hardest job for the repair process, removing the screen, is already half done! With this being the case, I would feel even more encouraged about approaching a repair guy.
Not sure how much random repair shops could do. I imagine the battery might be something standard (or used on other similar Android tablets) but the device seems custom enough that I doubt most places would know (unless a specialist or you do it yourself).
. If you’re going to buy a second hand one make sure that there’s no swelling and even if there isn’t there will be so be aware of future problems. I hope that helps. Another option if you’re looking for the old technology would be to get a Fujifilm picture viewer 2nd edition preferably as the old one was lower resolution.