Apple has patented a glasses-free (auto-stereoscopic) 3D display system which would let viewers see pictures in 3D regardless of where they were sitting.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grants Apple a patent for a system of three-dimensional media viewing that requires no glasses and no 3D TV.

Based on a recently granted patent, Apple’s not too impressed by the current approaches to 3D content and has a better technology in mind: A system which allows multiple people to view 3D images ...