Why the next Nintendo console could be - "Wii 3D"

[jlauro]

shams said:

NJ5 said:

shams said:

So how does the new 3D work? If it does require double the refresh rate - how do the glasses separate the 2 halves?

The glasses are actually a pair of LCD screens (1 pixel per eye). They alternately light up to block the current frame from one of the eyes, in order to let each eye only see even/odd frames.

The glasses synchronize with the TV via an infrared signal (emitter needed, if not included in TV) in order to know the frame timing.

They're called LCD shutter glasses.

 

But the $1 glasses I got from the movies are not these. The polarised option is more likely - which explains why it works on normal TVs.

That would make sense for cinemas too - why they need more expensive projectors. And why TVs need to be upgraded.

I was presuming 3D would work with existing sets - if it doesn't, there is no way Ninty would pursue this option. A DS 3D would be more likely...

It will not work on the majority of TVs out there.  That said, you could put in a settings on the console if you want 3D or not, much like you can put in one if you have wide screen or not.  If it costs nothing extra for the console to support 3D, there is no reason why Nintendo would not include it in the next console even if it doesn't work with people who just bought a large  flat screen TV.  Games can be designed to run 3D or not.  You can still play the game as a single view instead of two views on a regular TV.  I have a 360 hooked up to my ED TV, and so it's no different that the connsole can do better than the TV.  The expense is in the TV, not in the console.