Sony apparently plans to upgrade the PlayStation 3 with support for games running in stereoscopic 3D, according to a leaked presentation.
Two bullet-points in one slide declare: "Release 3D games in line with Sony's 3D strategy" and "All PS3 units will be firmware-upgradeable to 3D." Another slide, headed "Preparation for 3D rollout in 2010" cites the PS3 as a means of popularising 3D games.
The first stereoscopic 3D games are beginning to trickle onto the market, most notably Avatar (James Cameron's film, developed alongside the game, was also made in 3D) and Blitz Arcade's Invincible Tiger, published by Namco Bandai.
2010 will see an explosion in the number of stereoscopic 3D televisions in the shops - with consumer confusion one likely outcome, as there are several competing 3D TV technologies.
It is possible to make screens that provide a 3D effect without requiring glasses, although as these require each pixel to be dupliacted and polarised, they will be very pricey. There will also be solutions which require the wearing of both passive and actively synched polarised glasses.
3D TVs also require ultra-high refresh rates (some even operate at 240Hz), due to them displaying one set of information for each eye.
The good thing about videogames is that once they have been encoded in 3D, they can be easily adjusted to work with all 3D display methods, so TV manufacturers - like Sony - see them as a prime means of popularising 3D TV. The PS3's Cell chip is also known to be very well suited to streaming, encoding and decoding of video data, so a firmware update giving the PlayStation 3 native stereoscopic 3D support makes eminently good sense.
With broadcasters like Sky and the BBC checking out the technology and running pilot-schemes, 2010 is set to be the year of 3D TV.
After watching UP in 3D I can't think of anything I want less than 3D TV! Absolutely fantastic film but the 3D was more distracting than beneficial (especially the stupid reflections in the sides of the glasses...). Although at least the 3D Stereoscopic tvs will not need the glasses.
I wonder if they have standardized the tech enough that you can go get a prescription pair og 3d glasses
The Stereoscopic TVs do not require glasses
Correction. I assumed that Stereoscopic meant Autostereoscopic. It seems that these Stereoscopic TVs do require glasses (which is just rubbish). Although the autostereoscopic tvs also have the problem of letting multiple people view the image even if there is the benefit of not needing glasses.
Yeah but tests have shown they can induce excessive Migrane's after periods of extended use (over 4 hours), cant see that working if you have to stop playing after 4 hours, my average tops 4 hrs most occasions
Yeah but tests have shown they can induce excessive Migrane's after periods of extended use (over 4 hours), cant see that working if you have to stop playing after 4 hours, my average tops 4 hrs most occasions
the only good 3d is in cinema's on top movies like UP. i watched that stupid magic show on 4 and it was f**king s**te, 3d my fat ass. this won't catch on for 3 years minimum and i'm not going to be buying a 3d tv, i've already got a top hd tv.
Watched the Avatar game being played in 3D at the Eurogamer Expo and it was actually very impressive. Can see it working very well with COD/Uncharted type titles.
Gaming can be a strain enough on the eyes as it is, without all that 3D nonsense.
The problem for me is that 3D in the sense of these 3D films isn't the same as actual, real-life 3D... as I see it, my eyes witness a 3D world in the same way a television screen witnesses it - the 3D elements are there, but don't protrude into my line of vision like these 3D films do - it's not realistic in any way
tried out the 3D tv without glasses in Harrods a few months back, only works if you are standing directly in front of it and makes you feel a little dizzy (it works a bit like those plastic flip image things you get in cereal packets and on rulers etc). Also the resolution was pretty crap so it would be no good for games at the moment.
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