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Which do you prefer?

Glasses Free 3D 152 87.36%
 
3D using Glasses 22 12.64%
 
Total:174
Raze said:

3D glasses were, are and always will be a horrible idea. It's a gimmick and little else. Until HDTVs start coming out with 3D glass technology, the whole 3D thing is just a niche market for IMAX theaters.



They already have HDTV's with 3D compatibility. I should know, I have one hehe. Playing Sonic Generations in 3D on it is great! I love getting Sonic really close to the camera and then turn him around with his back facing the screen. It really looks like his spikes are jutting out at you! ^_^

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SvennoJ said:
I don't really care about 3D but this glasses free tv tech gets me wondering whether it's possible to do glasses free simulview or multiview. I know it works in car nav systems, driver sees sat nav, passenger can watch tv on the same screen. Why not do it for tv's, upto 4 different programs simultaneously, together with directional audio speakers.
Or 2 way 3D on each side with surround audio remixed to the left and right side of the room for each program.


I wouldn't know anything about that stuff, but I'm sure it'll be doable sometime down the road. The question is whether or not it'll be practically and worth mass marketing.

Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:

3D glasses were, are and always will be a horrible idea. It's a gimmick and little else. Until HDTVs start coming out with 3D glass technology, the whole 3D thing is just a niche market for IMAX theaters.



They already have HDTV's with 3D compatibility. I should know, I have one hehe. Playing Sonic Generations in 3D on it is great! I love getting Sonic really close to the camera and then turn him around with his back facing the screen. It really looks like his spikes are jutting out at you! ^_^

They have a HDTV where you don't need the 3D glasses?



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Raze said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:

3D glasses were, are and always will be a horrible idea. It's a gimmick and little else. Until HDTVs start coming out with 3D glass technology, the whole 3D thing is just a niche market for IMAX theaters.



They already have HDTV's with 3D compatibility. I should know, I have one hehe. Playing Sonic Generations in 3D on it is great! I love getting Sonic really close to the camera and then turn him around with his back facing the screen. It really looks like his spikes are jutting out at you! ^_^

They have a HDTV where you don't need the 3D glasses?



I thought you just ment TVs with 3D, but yeah they probably have those, though they're not mainstream as they still have the sweet spot issue.

Einsam_Delphin said:
SvennoJ said:
I don't really care about 3D but this glasses free tv tech gets me wondering whether it's possible to do glasses free simulview or multiview. I know it works in car nav systems, driver sees sat nav, passenger can watch tv on the same screen. Why not do it for tv's, upto 4 different programs simultaneously, together with directional audio speakers.
Or 2 way 3D on each side with surround audio remixed to the left and right side of the room for each program.


I wouldn't know anything about that stuff, but I'm sure it'll be doable sometime down the road. The question is whether or not it'll be practically and worth mass marketing.

I've been looking but I can't find much on how Dolby 3D actually works and whether it will be compatible with displaying different sources at different angles. They only say that it can generate multiple position adjusted views, upto 120 in total, depending on the display.
Some techniques focus the same pixel into many zones, that wouldn't work for discreet views. (nor would dolby 3D make sense)
Other techniques have discreet pixels per viewing zone, that could easily be used to show different content, but at the cost of resolution.

Maybe this new electronic lens technique can switch between both methods.
http://physicsforme.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/3d-tv-without-glasses/

That's from 2011, maybe that's ready for production now.

Anyway as you said, will it be marketable, how much more will it cost.
They already add it on to polarized and flicker glasses 3D tvs, but wearing glasses to watch 2D content is even worse.

Flicker glasses have the option for 2 simultaneous 3D views already.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsEmmP66FWk



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@Dolphin
As of late Castlevania is the game where 3D is best implemented, being 2'5D helps though



Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:

3D glasses were, are and always will be a horrible idea. It's a gimmick and little else. Until HDTVs start coming out with 3D glass technology, the whole 3D thing is just a niche market for IMAX theaters.



They already have HDTV's with 3D compatibility. I should know, I have one hehe. Playing Sonic Generations in 3D on it is great! I love getting Sonic really close to the camera and then turn him around with his back facing the screen. It really looks like his spikes are jutting out at you! ^_^

They have a HDTV where you don't need the 3D glasses?



I thought you just ment TVs with 3D, but yeah they probably have those, though they're not mainstream as they still have the sweet spot issue.

Yeah exactly. I think that until that technology is invented and proven, 3D won't become mainstream. Most people don't like the idea of wearing 3d glasses, which is why it didn't take off in generations before. 3D movies on tv with glasses are an ooooolllld concept that few people want.



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SvennoJ said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
SvennoJ said:


You should make thread about all this!

Raze said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
Raze said:

3D glasses were, are and always will be a horrible idea. It's a gimmick and little else. Until HDTVs start coming out with 3D glass technology, the whole 3D thing is just a niche market for IMAX theaters.



They already have HDTV's with 3D compatibility. I should know, I have one hehe. Playing Sonic Generations in 3D on it is great! I love getting Sonic really close to the camera and then turn him around with his back facing the screen. It really looks like his spikes are jutting out at you! ^_^

They have a HDTV where you don't need the 3D glasses?



I thought you just ment TVs with 3D, but yeah they probably have those, though they're not mainstream as they still have the sweet spot issue.

Yeah exactly. I think that until that technology is invented and proven, 3D won't become mainstream. Most people don't like the idea of wearing 3d glasses, which is why it didn't take off in generations before. 3D movies on tv with glasses are an ooooolllld concept that few people want.



Surely 3D movies and 3DTVs must be having some sort of success. I wouldn't know where to look to find the sales though.

kupomogli said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
kupomogli said:
It's only worth the trouble depending on the game. In my opinion, most games don't utilize the 3D that well. Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate is a different story. The 3D is done amazingly well, easily the best I've seen on the system. On my replay of the game on hardcore difficulty, I played almost the entire way through with the 3D effect on, only turning it off during the water segments.


Isn't Castlevania a 2D sidescroller, yet the 3D still made an impact? I would be most impressed if that's the case, as most sidescrollers I've seen don't benefit much from the 3D.

It's a side scroller, but everything is rendered in 3D.

On Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate, if you're playing the game in 3D, the room you're in has a lot of depth to it, but also items in the background, whether it's a lamp along the wall, a statue, etc, everything has depth to it.  Like the 3D was designed with everything.  I'm sure you watched the promotional videos during interviews and such, where one video shows a goblin throwing the light magic necklace into the water and it gets carried down stream underground.  It doesn't look too great in 2D, but that same part in 3D with depth added to everything, the necklace actually moves towards you on the screen and then drops down the waterfall and then is carried to where the underground where you later have to retrieve it.  Metal crates  sitting in front of treasure boxes or bodies, while you're pulling the metal crate or pushing it, you actually see the treasure box or body on a different plane, so it's not just moving the crate from overlapping the treasure.

One of the best looking parts in the game with the 3D is when you're standing there with the Mirror of Fate in the background(not very much of a key element in the story, despite the game being named after it.)  But with the 3D effect on, you see each of the statues jutting out from the wall in the background, but if you look into the mirror, you see the games depth carries all the way back into the mirror where it stretches all the way to the wall, which as the player we're technically looking through so we don't see it. 

The 3D on this game just looks so beautiful and if the 3DS game and Vita game has the same graphics, then I'll pick up the 3DS version in hopes that the 3D is good, just because I know there's atleast one game that's impressed me with it.

Dead or Alive Dimensions 3D is also pretty good.  It's got pretty good depth to it as well.  Objects actually come out and aren't flat. 

The newer the game the better the 3D, like the opening intro of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon everytime you launch the game.

Donkey Kong Counrty Returns 3D seems to have more better 3D then Castlevania. (I have both games)

I'm glad Pokémon Y & Batman Arkham Origins part 2 won't come out until October, because by then the 3D effect will blow everyone's mind.

And Bravely Default 2 is confirm to be in the works already.

Any game release in November 2012 & beyond should satisfy you in its 3D effect like Crashmo & Denpa Men 2 & so fort.