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LuStaysTru on 18 February 2010
Just because your Nintendo Virtual Boy is sitting in your closet collecting dust, don’t assume 3D gaming is dead.

Three major sponsors have been announced for the first 3D Gaming Summit taking place in April. NVIDIA, RealD, and Panasonic are supporting the two day event in Los Angeles. The conference will host video game industry leaders from across the world, and it promises to be a good indicator of where 3D gaming is headed.  

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game featured 3D effects
 
Veteran gaming journalist, John Gaudiosi, said the conference will allow industry pioneers to share their plans for the future. “The 3D Gaming Summit will bring together some of the greatest minds in interactive and traditional media,” Gaudiosi said. “It will be an exciting event where the best and brightest outline how entertainment and gaming are entering a third dimension.”
 
3D Gaming Summit Session Topics will include:
 
-3D From Cinema to Games
 
-How 3D Can Take Advantage of Digital Distribution
 
-3D Games Play on the Big Screen
 
-The First Step
 
-3D Games Tap into the Casual Games Market
 
-The Global 3D Landscape
 
-Consumer Market Research Trends
 
-3D Laptops Introduce the Mainstream to 3D Games and Entertainment
 
-The 3D Living Room
 
-The Mobile 3D Landscape
 
-3D Opens New Opportunities in the Serious Games Business
 
-The Future of 3D Games
 
-Case Study: James Cameron’s Avatar Game
 
The event takes place April 21-22 and is being hosted by the Bob Dowling Group and Unicomm.
 
For your viewing pleasure, here is a commercial for the Nintendo Virtual Boy, the first 3D capable console.


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sguy78 on 18 February 2010

I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.



Rainbird on 19 February 2010
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Those are being worked on, but the technology isn't that good yet.

OT: Interesting, I hope something good will come from it.



NJ5 on 19 February 2010
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those TVs only work for one viewer at a time. Not good for most people.

 



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sguy78 on 19 February 2010
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those TVs only work for one viewer at a time. Not good for most people.

 

No actually, from what I've read, the 3-D is viewable from many different angles. The company decided to pull it out of pressure from other companies to have consensus on technology and sell their flawed $150.00 glasses.



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NJ5 on 19 February 2010
sguy78 said:
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those TVs only work for one viewer at a time. Not good for most people.

 

No actually, from what I've read, the 3-D is viewable from many different angles. The company decided to pull it out of pressure from other companies to have consensus on technology and sell their flawed $150.00 glasses.

From different angles yes, but for one viewer only (as far as I've heard). What I've read is that those TVs track your eyes and adapt the image accordingly in order to maintain the illusion of 3D.

 



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sguy78 on 19 February 2010
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those TVs only work for one viewer at a time. Not good for most people.

 

No actually, from what I've read, the 3-D is viewable from many different angles. The company decided to pull it out of pressure from other companies to have consensus on technology and sell their flawed $150.00 glasses.

From different angles yes, but for one viewer only (as far as I've heard). What I've read is that those TVs track your eyes and adapt the image accordingly in order to maintain the illusion of 3D.

 

I don't know, maybe that's the case. I didn't read that where I saw info on this particular model. I just feel that it's not going to be a mass market deal with expensive add in glasses.



NJ5 on 19 February 2010
sguy78 said:
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
NJ5 said:
sguy78 said:
I just think it was a terrible mistake to not go with the 3-D televisions that can work without the glasses.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those TVs only work for one viewer at a time. Not good for most people.

 

No actually, from what I've read, the 3-D is viewable from many different angles. The company decided to pull it out of pressure from other companies to have consensus on technology and sell their flawed $150.00 glasses.

From different angles yes, but for one viewer only (as far as I've heard). What I've read is that those TVs track your eyes and adapt the image accordingly in order to maintain the illusion of 3D.

 

I don't know, maybe that's the case. I didn't read that where I saw info on this particular model. I just feel that it's not going to be a mass market deal with expensive add in glasses.

Well it is possible to make a system with much cheaper glasses, it's the one they use in cinemas. It requires a light polarization filter, which is pretty easy to do with a projection system (just a small filter in front of the projector), and a bit more expensive for LCD/Plasmas, as the filter has to be as big as the screen.

Bottom line, the TVs would be more expensive but the glasses would be really cheap.

 



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