- Lenovo reveals Thinkbook 3D laptop computer, a glasses-free 3D-computing concept
- It uses directional backlighting 3D to trouble -free shifts between 2D and 3D states
- 3.2K Display aims to improve design, engineering and content creation work procedures
For most portable manufacturers, the height of innovation is rolling up with powerful AI processors and a copilot button, but Lenovo seems to enjoy pushing boundaries and offering users something else, and frankly, I’m here for it.
At MWC 2025, the company has given us a number of futuristic concepts, including a physical AI-personal assistant and several screens for its Thinkbook 16P Gen 6, and a scary fragile-looking laptop with a foldable screen. I would buy all these tomorrow if a) they were available and b) I had the money.
Not all of Lenovo’s ideas can of course be winners, and the Thinkbook 3D laptop is perhaps one that doesn’t find his mark, which is a shame because it’s beautiful. Although I have not yet been practical with it, I am pretty sure its key function will be jawing.
Glass -free
The ThinkBook 3D-Laptop concept brings immersive 3D computing to business and creative professionals through a glasses-free hybrid display. Lenovo explains that it achieves this by means of a directional backlighting lighting 3D solution that allows users to quickly and has seamlessly switch between 2D and 3D modes, providing realistic depth and precision for digital modeling, content creation and virtual collaboration.
Lenovo tells us that the 3.2K resolution display (3200 × 2000, 100% DCI-P3) delivers “anesthetic of clarity and color fleet”, potentially making it an ideal tool for designers, engineers and media professionals working on complex visual projects.
The Thinkbook 3D laptop is far from Lenovo’s first attempt to deliver glasses-free 3D. We reviewed ThinkVision 27 3D in 2024 and got away seriously impressed. You didn’t have to do anything wise to see objects in the third dimension – it was just a matter of sitting down in front of the screen at a normal display distance and seeing when the magic happened.
At that time we said it was “expensive and niche, but this glasses-free 3D screen opens a number of exciting options,” and it seems that these promises could be met in the form of this new laptop.
As with the many other concepts that Lenovo showed on MWC, there is no word about pricing or accessibility, but I will certainly be interested in seeing how the thinkbook 3D laptop works when it arrives.
