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disolitude on 11 January 2010
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Rainbird said:
disolitude said:
Munkeh111 said:
Well presumably the majority of these 3D games are going to PSN games, as they are less intensive in terms of PS3 usage

Or you could always get a new Samsung TV (or toshiba) and have the TV convert uncharted 2 to 3D with its own depth engine. Wonder if results will be half decent...

The reason why it makes sense not to push 3D in retail games for PS360 is because no matter what they do...the experience will be inferior by a large margin to PC 3D gaming. The 3D market will be niche market and people that are in to it will want the best and wont care if its mroe expensive.

I mean...I'm running now GTX295 on a quad core cpu with 6 gigs of ram. Yeah, I spent 600 bucks on videocard, ram and CPU alone...but I wanted 3D resident evil 5 and I got it. :)

Kotaku has played GeoW2 in 3D on one of those.

http://kotaku.com/5444551/playing-gears-of-war-2-at-ces-in-3d

Of all the 3D content on display at CES 2010, it might have been the Gears of War 2 demonstration at Samsung's booth that was most impressive.

That was because it was the television doing all the work, not some specialized build of Gears of War 2 retrofitted to spit out 3D stereoscopic visuals. The Samsung HDTV on display could take any game from any console or any video source and simulate a 3D visual. And you know, it actually kind of worked. At least it did in Gears of War 2.

As we took down various Locust and were reintroduced to the gigantic Riftworm, there was a definite sense of depth, with subtitles popping in the foreground, objects in the distance feeling... well, distant. Did it add much to the experience? Not really. Not enough to invest in a new TV and feel comfortable throwing on a pair of powered shutter lenses.

And after playing Gears in simulated 3D, then looking at programming filmed by 3D cameras and properly separated to produce a 3D signal, the faked version appeared less impressive.

But as the technology improves, it might worth revisiting, as we were still wowed and maybe even a little stumped at how the process worked. Maybe we'll check in with it again when Gears of War 3 ships, see if we're ready to reinvest in HD and 3D.

Yeah, i could see that game being a good showcase. It looks godly on Nvidia 3D vision on PC...so generic drivers could probably squeeze some good 3D effects.

They should have tried Halo 3...lol. All 3D drivers ive tried on PC struggle with halo games.

It seems lots of 3D products are coming out. the consumers will have to be wise to understand what they want and buy the best product for their needs. I won't be buying a new 3D TV for a long time. The Samsung I got in 2008 should work with all this tech...

It won't upscale Gears 2 for me...but PC 3D gaming and bluray is where it will be at for me.