Acer brings back 3D: glasses-free and in

On May 19, 2022By Garmin Philip

Monitor and notebook innovations

With the Predator Helios 300 and the SpatialLabs View (Pro), Acer has introduced new products. The special feature: They support a new type of 3D technology.

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Product image of the Acer Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs — The stereoscopic 3D of the Acer Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs is said to support more than 50 games at launch.

Acer has introduced a number of new products. This includes gaming monitors and notebooks that shine with a technology that was thought to be almost dead: 3D. However, the three-dimensional displays are not the forest and meadow 3D of past decades, but the manufacturer’s new SpatialLabs technology.

The devices should be on a novel stereoscopic output set, which was shown last year as a technology demo and which makes glasses unnecessary. Cameras track the movements of the head and eyes and adjust the two images for the left and right eye accordingly.

Strictly speaking, the ConceptD 7, a notebook with SpatialLabs that was aimed at 3D developers, was released for Christmas 2021. The new models should now also bring SpatialLabs into the gaming segment. More than 50 games will support stereoscopic 3D at release.

According to Acer, the advantages are obvious: “Rooms seem more spacious, objects actually appear superimposed, and adventures become more exciting – all smoothly, in real time and without special glasses.”

The SpatialLabs devices are led by Acer Predator Helios 300 with 15.6 inch 2D UHD panel (1920 x 2160 pixels in 3D), Core i9-12900, RTX 3080, SSDs in RAID mode, 32 GB DDR5-4800 RAM and Wifi 6E.

In addition, there are two mobile monitors that also support SpatialLabs: The SpatialLabs View for private users and the Spatial Labs View Pro for business customers. Like the Predator Helios 300, both offer a display diagonal of 15.6 inches and a native 4K resolution in 2D. The Pro version stands out with a higher color space coverage, around 100% AdobeRGB. The weight is given as less than 1.5 kg each.

Acer does not yet provide any information on prices and availability of the new SpatialLabs models in Germany. In the US, at least the Predator Helios 300 should start in the fourth quarter at an RRP of $4,400.