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3D has been around for years on the PC, I had wired shuttered glasses hooked up to a CRT playing Quake 2. PC 3d  setups are still popular. You guys saying it gives you a head ache, does looking around with 2 eyes open give you headache? No? Then there must be  a reason why it hurts, right? Here's a few possible reasons :

1. the source, or what you are watching, has the paralax messed up, which strains your eyes. If the objects in the background are too far apart in the left and right views, your eyes have to do a 'reverse crosseye' to try to line them up, which would never happen in the real world and hurts. Or they have the two cameras too far apart, which esagerates the 3d effect. Or they allow objects too close to the cameras, which makes you suddenly go crosseyed.  I've noticed this in certain Imax movies, they probably didn't adjust the parralax correctly, or did it on purpose to exagerate the 3d effect. This is the number one problem in my opinion, some scenes strain my eyes, and I can see why. We need better consistancy in the camera adjustments when recording 3d movies! 

2. The glasses- my 1st. generation panasonic 3d glasses sucked big time! They were heavy, they hurt my nose, they were so bad I had to attach them to a baseball cap to keep thier enormass wieght off my nose. Some people never wear glasses, and so will be annoyed wearing ANY glasses. I now have third generation glasses that are incredible, very light and comfortable. This should have been a priority from the begining. 3D without the glasses is a long way off. The parralax barrier screens have a sweet spot for a single viewer, lower the resolution, and look crappy with 2d media. they are good for a PC setup for a single player, so we are stuck with some kind of glasses until they come up with a hologram setup, which will be ????

3. Some people who say they don't see a difference, either your not close enough to the screen ( I like to sit about 4 feet away from my 50" plasma, the closer the better), or your one of the 10% or so who don't see 3d anyway. Close one eye for ten seconds while looking around the room, then open both eyes and look around. See the difference? If not, to bad, but don't complain here.

I love 3d, i'll be buying the Oculus Rift 3d goggles....http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/06/06/john-carmack-is-making-a-virtual-reality-headset-500-kits-available-soon-video-interview-inside/



VicViper said:

You guys should really play this game in 3D



lol what game is that?

Jay520 said:
VicViper said:

You guys should really play this game in 3D



lol what game is that?

Super Mario 3D Land.

You'd be surprised in all the ways they use the 3D effect. Here's another one, it's the same room, nothing changed.



VicViper said:
Jay520 said:
VicViper said:

You guys should really play this game in 3D



lol what game is that?

Super Mario 3D Land.

You'd be surprised in all the ways they use the 3D effect. Here's another one, it's the same room, nothing changed.



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I agree, 3-D is a fad. I recently bought a TV and had the chance to get a 3D tv... didn't bother. Just got an 42" LED instead for a fraction of the price i might add. I have 2 friends that bought 3d tv's and they barely use the function. I quite often go see movies in 2d now, unless they were filmed in 3d or unless with friends who bought the tickets 3d online prior. I don't get headaches or anything like that, I just think it useless.

 

edit: Not entirely useless, the 3ds is doing very well and i'll actually consider getting one later the 3ds gen.



I wear glasses. So no. Not going to wear two pair and look/feel like a dope.



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I have been waiting for 3D that looks good to me - and the new 'passive' 3D LCD TVs do that for me. They can hit the 120 frames per second without flickering like the 'active' 3D (or 24P for a movie). It just looks so much better to me. (I see the flicker on the 'active' 3D and in some movie cinemas.)

I would very much like to get one. My buddy is having the 3D party next month. I'll know better after watching a movie - we played Halo Anniversary in 3D and it was so intense. I would get one if I had the extra cash.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

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I like 3D and I watch movies in 3D if I can.
Imo games need better hw than the PS3 to actually look good in 3D as vsynch issues and aliasing really break the immersion/increase the eye strain. I've tried some on my ~mid tier PC aswell, but unfortunately the PC games I own have some nasty bugs in 3D, like flickering reflections, incorrect shadows and so on.

Maybe next gen we'll see some nice 3D in games.



Lafiel said:
I like 3D and I watch movies in 3D if I can.
Imo games need better hw than the PS3 to actually look good in 3D as vsynch issues and aliasing really break the immersion/increase the eye strain. I've tried some on my ~mid tier PC aswell, but unfortunately the PC games I own have some nasty bugs in 3D, like flickering reflections, incorrect shadows and so on.

Maybe next gen we'll see some nice 3D in games.


If it survives, I surely hope so.