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Faxanadu on 22 July 2010

<table style="width: 90%;" border="0"><tr><td><strong>d21lewis said:</strong><br /><p>Screw video games.  If we can use this technology so that I can watch something I recorded on my DVR while my girl watches Lifetime, I'm sold!!</p></td></tr></table><br /><br />



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Lafiel on 22 July 2010

you only need "new" glasses for this if you use a polarizing (passive glasses) 3DTV, but polarized glasses are dirt cheap anyway (like $1 in production), which is why you get those in cinemas



AbbathTheGrim on 22 July 2010
disolitude said:
AbbathTheGrim said:

Split-screen coop > Online

2 consoles 2 TVs 2 game copies coop > split screen in my house :)

Online is a lot more convenient though than any split screen. Once you join the 9 to 5 working world, its hard to go to your friends place regularly for some Halo...

Do you think you can just come here and shove that to our faces just like that. :P That's pretty mean you know. :@



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

Jereel Hunter on 22 July 2010


AnthonyW86 on 22 July 2010
Severance said:
oldschoolfool said:
Severance said:
oldschoolfool said:

who plays split-screen anymore. lol

just about everyone.



No,just about everyone plays online these days,that's why the majority of games don't even offer split-screen anymore,some do,but most don't. lol

and when a game does support offline/online split screen it sells more.

Not to forget that some people like having real social contact instead of just shouting to a headset...

Also i really hopes this will works, will be looking for a new 3D projector when it happens. Besides it might also be possible for one person to watch a movie and the other one to play a game.



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VXIII on 22 July 2010

If this is the same technology as Texas Instruments' then it's kind of useless

2 ps3s and 2 copies ..

 Strange why would they need 2 consoles for it to work , I mean it should be as easy as 3d display , two images at the same time :S



disolitude on 22 July 2010
VXIII said:

If this is the same technology as Texas Instruments' then it's kind of useless

2 ps3s and 2 copies ..

 Strange why would they need 2 consoles for it to work , I mean it should be as easy as 3d display , two images at the same time :S

Resolution would go to poop this way. 3D effect can kind of hide the lack of resolution and even with this,  PS3 seems to be having obvious visual downgrades to make it work...

With this tech the console would literally have to cut visual performance in half. It will be pretty ugly when you take a 720p game and show it in 1280x360 on the full screen.

I hope its a 2 console solution to be honest. Gives more options for sound (headphones from 1 console) and keeps visual fidelity crisp (720p each person)