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[Ian]

ITVT have a roundup of many of the 3D TV demos shown at CES 2010, in which one of the central technologies has been 3D/stereo graphics:

CableLabs has announced that it is providing testing capabilities for 3D TV implementation scenarios over cable. According to the organization, these capabilities "cover a full range of technologies including various frame-compatible, spatial multiplexing solutions for transmission." The organization--which has opened a 3D TV test lab at its Louisville, Colorado facility--says that it has "determined that many of the digital set-top boxes deployed by cable operators are capable of processing 3D TV signals in frame-compatible formats" (note: a frame-compatible 3D format is one that "carries separate left and right video signals within the video frame used to convey a conventional 2D high-definition signal by squeezing them to fit within the space of one picture," CableLabs explains in a press release), and that "cable's VOD and SDV systems can deliver...3DTV signals to those subscribers who have upgraded to new 3DTV's, while simultaneously delivering a 2D variation of the program to existing subscribers with only a small fractional increase in bandwidth needed."

It's an interesting read if you want to keep up to date with the current 3D TV developments: http://www.itvt.com/story/6310/3d-tv-round