NVIDIA has announced a 3D kit that will work with "hundreds" of Direct X games. It requires a fast Core 2 Duo and up computer and an Nvidia 9800+ GPU. They have a handy downloadable utility that will see if your machine is up to the task.

NVIDIA 3D Information

If so all you need is the glasses for $199 or a glasses and monitor bundle for $600. The glasses appear to be liquid crystal shutters control by an infrared transmitter for the synch. That would open for eye eye on alternating frames at 120+ fps so to make the flicker invisible. This technology has been around for a long time and it does work well. Expect it to come to your favorite console soon.

I find it funny that 3D glasses are now "re-becoming" popular for some reason.

I'll wait until the prices drop. I'm sure it won't take much time if Sony (or Microsoft... but I guess they don't take big steps) decides to adopt this new technology for their next console.

That's almost my monitor in that picture.....

From what I understand, this technology renders games at double the framerate (put in another way renders each frame twice, one for each eye's position), and each frame is sent to the right and left eye alternately. This is accomplished by the use of glasses which alternately block each eye's vision (which you won't notice as a frame goes by very fast).

It then becomes obvious why a high-end GPU and CPU is needed, this means a big hit in performance.

It is quite expensive stuff overall and may become a gimmick... I personally don't see it taking off, of course that could change if I try it out and it looks great (which I wouldn't bet on).

"all you need is the glasses for $199 or a glasses and monitor bundle for $600"
Lol wha~ 200 bucks for the glasses
"120+ fps "
Then my computer exploded :(

only 600 $? bahh my computer cost me 2500$ 1 year ago

Most people don't really have that kind of money lying around... expecially because we are in a recession >_>

$600 is actually not that expensive as it includes a good monitor... More worrying are the PC specs needed. Maybe a weaker PC can still use this for older games? I would hope even my ~450 € PC can run Quake 3 at 120 fps.

It will look great, I used this technology years ago when working at National Geographic on some 3D video taken by Mir on the Titanic. At that time it used the interlace on the video instead of alternating frames. The image quality was excellent as was the 3D effect. That's still a viable option which I could see the Wii using and they already have the infrared transmitter if they can get a synch to it. It is possible to use the interlace at up to 1080i but all "p" formats would require full frames and thus the double frame rate.

The Wii might do very well with this since even though the graphic resolution would be lower, it is a good match for the 3D controls with Motion Plus. Just imagine a light saber dual with 1:1 real time motion and 3D viewing. Major cool. I wouldn't be particularly surprised if it comes out with Motion Plus.

 There is nothing special about that monitor. Any monitor will work if it support the fast frame rate. Most good quality modern monitors would. The all you need is the glasses. The glasses do seem a bit pricey as I have seen that type of glasses for as little as $49. The infrared transmitter shouldn't be that much so I suspect that Nvidia is pocketing a nice profit, besides getting to sell another expensive GPU.