Glasses-free 3D displays are making an unlikely comeback – as Samsung reveals ‘world’s first’ 6K monitor with real-time eye tracking

• Samsung will fully unveil the 'world's first' glasses-free 3D 6K gaming monitor at CES 2026
• It comes shortly after the abxylute 3D One handheld was announced
• Glasses-free 3D gaming seems to be making a resurgence

I've seen 1,000Hz monitors, 5K2K displays, and a 3D handheld in 2025, and now, Samsung has introduced a new 'world's first', which will join the list of recent hardware, in what appears to be a sudden resurgence of 3D displays.

As we previously reported, Samsung announced its new lineup of monitors, one of which includes a glasses-free 3D 6K gaming monitor, in what is lauded as the 'world's first'. It will utilize real-time eye tracking to achieve a smooth and responsive experience for gamers, and will be fully revealed at CES 2026.

It should be quite clear that using this display will require a powerful GPU for gaming; the hardware demands when gaming at 4K are already high, and a push up to the 6K resolution will certainly need more powerful hardware for users to achieve higher frame rates.

More importantly, though, this is yet another sign that the push for 3D gaming experiences is seeing an increase in popularity among manufacturers; the most recent example is the abxylute 3D One announced in 2025, which is another glasses-free 3D device, and it's available for pre-order, set to ship this February.

While 3D displays have stuck around for a long while, it's not exactly common to have them catered towards gaming experiences, but it looks like Samsung wants to change that.

It will be interesting to see how this works alongside the 6K resolution in games, and Samsung has highlighted a few in particular, such as The First Berserker: Khazan, Lies of P: Overture, and Stellar Blade. The major drawback will be the games that don't officially support 3D, especially for a monitor that will surely come with a hefty cost.

Analysis: isn't 6K a little too much?

While Valve's Steam player base doesn't count for all PC gamers, it's certainly a significant portion of PC players, and the Steam surveys often indicate that most users are gaming at 1080p (53.68%), with a decent number at 1440p (21.77%), but 4K (5.47%) is still far behind both, from December's results.

Since 4K monitors still aren't fully mainstream in terms of wider usage, a jump to 6K in resolution seems to be unnecessary.

I'm quite interested to see how the glasses-free 3D gaming will pan out, and whether that will improve immersion, but I'm not quite convinced that PC gamers need or want to game at 6K just yet – especially during the current PC market craze of high prices.

We'll have to wait and see from hands-on reviews at CES 2026 and onwards, but I'm mostly focused on whether this will be popular enough to push 3D gaming further into the mainstream PC gaming market.

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