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Sony to bring 3D Home: What does this mean for gaming?

January 07, 2010 in Blog comments 18

The 3D phenomenon has truly revitalized itself, sparked possibly by the profound interest and technology in James Cameron's Avatar. Yesterday at CES in Las Vegas, Sony announced several TVs and other bits of technology that would bring 3D directly to the household. What does this mean for gaming?

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    Red 9 Jan 7, 10
    Kinda useless considering how incredibly few people have 3D-supporting TVs (at least compared to the total of all PS3 users).
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    ZL Jan 8, 10
    Red, the TV's aren't even out yet. I mean, commercially out, no. Sony and Samsung are planning to release 3D HDTVs later on this year and one of them promised that they're not going to be that expensive, they'd just cost a little bit more than a regular old HDTV.

    I honestly can't wait till they come out because I've yet to buy and HDTV, so this is great news. My only problem is that we also have to buy some glasses to see the experience, which makes sense, but I've read that they're a bit pricey. And if I'm going to be watching movies, then I have to buy 5 other pairs so the rest of my family can enjoy it too. Imagine if I have guests!
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      Red 9 Jan 8, 10
      Is it akin to the RealD-3D kind of thing?
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      Onvacation Jan 8, 10
      Orly? I could have sworn they made these TV's with a kind of 3D that you don't need glasses for :\
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    Zerpent Jan 8, 10
    While I think it's kind of fun and cool to watch a movie in 3D, I really wouldn't want to play games in it. I mean, it's kind of hard on your eyes if it's not done the right way, and stuff like FPS games would probably give me a headache if I played for more than a couple of hours.
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      HisServant77 Jan 8, 10
      Might be a good way to limit yourself on how long you play video games without a break! Lol
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        Zerpent Jan 8, 10
        But that's no fun! I wanna play mooore!
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    BANDITO ATTACK Jan 8, 10
    to me, 3d glasses are right on the same level as the nintendo power glove. enjoy your 'experience', kiddos.
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    Shinobi_razor Jan 8, 10
    im not too excited over movies in 3D, let alone playing games like that. it doesnt do anything extra really for me besides watching something in 2D.
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    Daweii Jan 8, 10
    I await the first on rails Resident Evil shooter to implement 3D. It's gonna be full of things jumping out of the screen lol.
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    Aussie Legend Jan 8, 10
    quote article
    Sony announced several TVs and other bits of technology that would bring 3D directly to the household. What does this mean for gaming?
    We all have to buy new TV's I would assume.

    I'm really open to new things, so I'd at least give it a chance to see if it would work well enough.
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    Onvacation Jan 8, 10
    Why don't understand why we'd need new TV's... Can't they just display the show/game in 3D style and our glasses would make it 3D? Like they do right now? I mean, channel 4 was doing a 3d week a while back and they gave out free glasses for it. didn't need a new TV for that..
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      HisServant77 Jan 8, 10
      I assume it's kinda like 1080p versus 1080i. One is naturally done, the other is . . . forced/fake/inferior if you know what I mean? One will be MUCH better. Besides, from what I understand, with the TVs you won't have to wear the glasses to enjoy the game/movie/image. It will look normal. Whereas with current TVs they have the colors separated and watching it without the glasses would give us a headache.
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      Daweii Jan 8, 10
      It is because stereoscopic 3D the stuff you see in the cinema's now is not the same as the 3D channel 4 was outputting. What channel 4 was doing was the old school 3D that caused the original 3D to fail in the late 80's/early 90's. Stereoscopic 3D needs a TV that runs at a refresh rate of 120Hz which is double that of standard TV's. The reason for 120Hz is stereoscopic 3D splits the image into two 60hz images that are then deciphered through the shutter tech glasses and then your eyes show you that image in full 3D.
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        HisServant77 Jan 9, 10
        Oh sure, one up me by getting all technical and stuff!

        Lol,
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    HisServant77 Jan 8, 10
    I just chalk this up to another step forward in future entertainment. They already have special monitors that feature 3D (I think without need for glasses too). So put it in line with the move from SD to HD, except not as big of a thing. Just a small innovation. We'll probably start seeing more of this and more taking advantage of it as time goes on, unless it utterly flops.

    Either way, I'm very mildly interested in it. It doesn't matter to me one bit whether I have 3D or not. And to be honest . . . . if I have to wear special 3D glasses to experience it, I'll do without, thank you very much.
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      ZL Jan 9, 10
      Why is that? You're doing it at the comfort of your own house, so there's no real downside?
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        Shinobi_razor Jan 9, 10
        the downside is you have to buy new stuff for it to work, like a high refresh rate TV, and those expensive glasses that i heard are $300 a piece. think ill pass.

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