3D moniters/games?

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For me 3D TV seems a little bit of a waste of time. I can't imagine sitting in a lounge with glasses on etc etc...

But we are already seeing 3D monitor coming out and fairly reasonable costs and it would certainly make a game more engrossing. Imagine L4D in 3D? Could be amazing!

But the problem would be, almost certainly, playing in 3D would be put you at a disadvantage compared to playing in 2D? 2D would give you a clearer image and faster response rate...

So it's going to be interesting to see how successful 3D is for gaming...
 
Sleepery said:
There you go :)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_Main.html
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There you go what? :confused:

This is the kind of kit I was talking about. It certainly hasn't been mainsteam technology for 'several years' as 'starfighter' suggested?


Anyway, the point at hand is, will it take off or not? I'd imagine in a few years the technology could be in monitors and video cards as standard, if demand merits it!
 
Doubt it will take off for a while. 3D is certainly not a new invention it's just that companies are trying to find more ways of making money and the current buzz word, probably due to Avatar, is 3D.

I just can't imagine gaming whilst wearing glasses.



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It was released over a year ago. That's AGES in PC terms :D

I'll try it when I don't need the silly glasses, and when they fix the crosshair issues.
 
m4cc45 said:
Doubt it will take off for a while. 3D is certainly not a new invention it's just that companies are trying to find more ways of making money and the current buzz word, probably due to Avatar, is 3D.

I just can't imagine gaming whilst wearing glasses.



M.
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I can imagine wearing glasses while gaming, more than I can imagine it while watching TV in my lounge.

For example, I put headphones with a mic on in my study, so glasses isn't much more of a step :)


From a gameplay point of view though, single player adventure/FPS games I can imagine benefitting from the immersion. But the moment multiplayer gets involved 2D would have the advantage (clarity/speed), so there's a problem there!
 
NeilFawcett said:
There you go what? :confused:

This is the kind of kit I was talking about. It certainly hasn't been mainsteam technology for 'several years' as 'starfighter' suggested?


Anyway, the point at hand is, will it take off or not? I'd imagine in a few years the technology could be in monitors and video cards as standard, if demand merits it!
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The thing is it doesn't really need any kind of special hardware on the PC, Games are already made in 3D, nVidia graphics cards support it, you don't need a special monitor so it is just glasses and software.

I think the only issue is if you need 120hz? 60hz for each eye? (not really fully sure on this)

For TV it is a bit harder because you need Blu Rays that support it,a Blu ray player that supports it and a TV that supports it.
 
starfighter said:
The thing is it doesn't really need any kind of special hardware on the PC, Games are already made in 3D, nVidia graphics cards support it, you don't need a special monitor so it is just glasses and software.
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Ummm.... Nahhh... Not unless you're thinking of those daft glasses 10yrs ago with an LCD display for each lens! :rolleyes:
 
Id rather have this than 3D

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NeilFawcett said:
Ummm.... Nahhh... Not unless you're thinking of those daft glasses 10yrs ago with an LCD display for each lens! :rolleyes:
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Yes, you might be right, for the new nVida system you need a 120hz display it seems after a bit of investigation and the new glasses. So I think perhaps you are correct, you will probably need a new monitor.

I don't think it will take off until you don't need glasses tbh but I am hoping it does reasonably well so the support is there once real 3D monitors appear in a couple of years. While fudzilla thinks thay are rubbish they also seem to think the next gen will be better.
 
starfighter said:
Yes, you might be right, for the new nVida system you need a 120hz display it seems after a bit of investigation and the new glasses. So I think perhaps you are correct, you will probably need a new monitor.

I don't think it will take off until you don't need glasses tbh but I am hoping it does reasonably well so the support is there once real 3D monitors appear in a couple of years. While fudzilla thinks thay are rubbish they also seem to think the next gen will be better.
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Any system not using glasses will be a fudge, whose results are far inferior to those systems using glasses. Personally, I suspect most people would go for the cheaper solution, with better results, and wear the glasses.

Think for one second how a flat screen can send different images to each of your eyes? Basically impossible... Until we can produce holographic projections in true 3D I'm afraid glasses are here to stay (IMHO) :)
 
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