Viewing devices
Today stereo content is watched not only on cinema screens and TVs but also on headsets, glasses with a virtual screen and glasses-free displays. Each device class has a different comfort window, because the apparent size and distance of the screen and the number of pixels per eye differ. Device information on this page is as of November 2026.
Headsets
| Device | Per eye | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Vision Pro (M5, 2025) | not published; 23 million pixels in total | 90–120 Hz |
| Samsung Galaxy XR (2025) | 3552 × 3840 | horizontal field of view 109° |
| Meta Quest 3 | 2064 × 2208 |
On a headset a stereo film is mostly shown on a virtual screen, spatial video in a window, and 180° video on a surface around the viewer. The apparent width and distance of the virtual screen are used as the target screen in mastering. See Spatial video and MV-HEVC, Apple Immersive Video and VR180.
Glasses with a virtual screen
Glasses that show the image as a large virtual screen at a certain distance in front of the eyes. Manufacturers give the field of view; the content appears on a virtual screen that fills this angle.
| Device | Per eye | Field of view |
|---|---|---|
| XREAL One Pro | 1920 × 1080 | 57° |
| VITURE Beast (2026) | 1920 × 1200 | 58° |
| RayNeo Air 4 Pro | Full HD | 46° |
The XREAL One series shows side-by-side stereo through the 3D mode in its menu: full SbS (3840 × 1080) and half SbS (1920 × 1080). The mode has to be selected to match the video resolution. See Stereo post-production techniques, Delivery formats.
Glasses-free eye-tracked monitors
A lenticular layer in front of the panel and eye tracking direct a separate image to each eye. Because the physical screen size and viewing distance are known, these can be calculated directly with the monitor target screen in the calculator. In 3D mode the resolution per eye is lower than the panel resolution.
| Device | Screen | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Odyssey 3D (2025) | 27", 4K, 165 Hz | |
| Samsung Odyssey 3D (2026) | 32", 6K (6144 × 3456), 165 Hz | |
| Acer SpatialLabs View Pro 27 | 27", 4K, 160 Hz | 2K per eye in 3D |
Light field displays
Multi-view displays (light field displays) show many viewpoints instead of one; as the viewer moves their head, they see a different image pair. Looking Glass displays spread up to 100 viewpoints over a viewing cone of about 58°. The content is carried in a single image in which all viewpoints are laid out as tiles (quilt). In-between viewpoints can be generated from a stereo pair with depth-image-based rendering.
3D TV
Samsung dropped 3D in its 2016 models; LG and Sony dropped it in their 2017 models. The last model year of 3D TV is 2016. The budgets used for home screens (e.g. Sky 3D +2% / −1%) are still used for TV and monitor masters.
Glasses that are not stereo
Some smart glasses have a display in one eye only. For example, Meta Ray-Ban Display (2025) shows a 600 × 600 pixel, 20° display in the right lens only; because it shows to one eye, it is not stereo.
Effects on mastering
- Each device class is a separate target screen. On headsets and glasses, the apparent width and distance of the virtual screen are used. See Post-production and mastering.
- Resolution: on devices with many pixels per eye, the resolution loss of half SbS is visible; full-resolution formats are preferred. See Stereo post-production techniques.
- Fixed focus: on headsets and glasses the eye focuses at a fixed distance set by the optics. Comfort is assessed relative to this distance. See Vergence–accommodation conflict.