The Abxylute 3D One brings glasses-free 3D gaming to the plenty

It’s been greater than 15 years since James Cameron’s Avatar smashed field workplace data with its attractive 3D visuals, however since then, the expertise has largely struggled to search out an viewers. The Nintendo 3DS introduced an early model of the tech to video video games, however a brand new gaming handheld is now set to revive, and modernize, the 3D viewing expertise for gaming.

The Abxylute 3D One, which launched right this moment on Kickstarter, is the primary Home windows gaming handheld to characteristic glasses-free 3D. Meaning you’ll be able to get pleasure from video games, films, photographs, and extra in full 3D, with out the goofy glasses. It was first teased because the “Sunday Dragon” at CES 2025, the place it was billed as a prototype collaboration between Intel and Tencent earlier than Abxylute picked up the design.

The expertise behind these “autostereoscopic” shows has been making strides in recent times, with final 12 months’s Samsung Odyssey 3D monitor providing a glimpse of what’s doable. This new vary of gadgets makes use of eye-tracking cameras along with lenticular lenses to create convincing 3D pictures. It has did not make an affect within the conventional tv area, seemingly as a result of it might solely observe one face at a time. For avid gamers enjoying alone, it’s a transformative expertise.

After all, the display screen can solely achieve this a lot by itself, however the software program behind it has additionally been making strides. Sometimes, the software program works within the background to transform 2D content material into 3D content material, and it really works on every part from films and video games to photographs and paperwork.

Nevertheless, Abxylute has collaborated with builders to optimize over 50 Steam video games for the 3D One. Not like conventional conversion software program, it connects on to the sport engine to extract depth info, leading to crisper visuals, decrease latency, and diminished efficiency overhead.

The listing of video games supported at launch contains Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, Demise Stranding, Black Fantasy: Wukong, Sekiro, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and extra. Native 3D can also be obtainable for side-by-side 3D content material, which incorporates many VR titles. Emulated Nintendo 3DS titles are additionally natively supported. For every part else, the gadget makes use of “instantaneous AI 2D-to-3D conversion.”

With a customized 120Hz 11-inch panel, detachable controllers, and a considerable 1.11 kg weight, the Abxylute 3D One straddles the road between a transportable gaming handheld and a desktop machine. The kickstand on the again transforms it right into a extra conventional Home windows expertise, with a magnetic keyboard attachment, just like many tablets. The 3D component may also be turned off through a bodily toggle on the highest of the gadget to scale back eye pressure.

Powering all of that is an Intel Core Extremely 7 258V processor. This laptop computer processor isn’t as highly effective because the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 present in different current releases just like the OneXFly Apex, however it’s considerably extra environment friendly. It’s paired with 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, 1TB of storage, and a 50Whr battery.

The controllers are very giant and removable. They are often snapped right into a second gadget, just like Nintendo Swap Pleasure Cons, to operate as a single (very giant) controller. It has Corridor-effect sticks, analog triggers, and a Steam Deck-like touchpad for added compatibility.

The Abyxlute 3D One is obtainable now for pre-order on Kickstarter, beginning at an early fowl worth of $1,499. Retail pricing jumps to $1,799, which remains to be cheaper than the standalone Samsung Odyssey 3D monitor that launched final 12 months.

The primary 80 pre-orders will ship in December, with the remaining anticipated to ship in February.