Gaming To Popularise 3D, Says Microsoft!

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kiefer23 said:

Lastgengamer said:

Microsoft Game Studio creative director Habib Zargarpour reckons it's up to gaming to popularise stereoscopic 3D.

The first 3D TV sets, which require the use of 3D glasses, have already released this year with more to come in the summer, and Zargarpour says 3D's wider success will be "up to the game content... much more so than film and broadcast".

3D effects, he explains, are both easier to achieve and better suited to gaming simply because "we're already in a digital medium, we're already displaying it on a digital device," unlike live-action movies, which need to be filmed with a special dual-lens camera and face new challenges with shooting in 3D.

"People aren't going to buy those TVs unless there's stuff to do with it", he told Gamasutra, going on to say he believes gaming in 3D will be more interesting to consumers than watching 3D Blu-ray films, the first of which are also due to arrive later this year.

Zargarpour says that 3D effects, combined with the motion controls of today's gaming systems "may truly become the next level for video game interactivity". On PS3 and 360, however, rendering 3D will come with a performance hit, Zargarpour predicting that 30 frames per second and 720p resolution will become the norm for AAA games in 3D.

[ Source: Gamasutra ] http://www.edge-online.com/news/gaming-to-popularise-3d-says-microsoft

Funny guy, most 3D 2D AAA games fail to run at 720p.

You beat me to it

The serious question though is: if AAA titles can only manage 30fps and 720p in 2D without causing significant game performance problems then how does the industry see itself as able to implement 3D at that performance level? Perhaps 30fps can remain but maybe resolution would have to drop down to SD level.

Personally I don't care for 3D TV shows or movies. So I agree with Zargarpour that gaming would implement 3D in a more satisfying way.