3D Gaming - stereoscopic - the next big thing?

This should certainly be entertaining... The benchmarks show it cuts the performance in half due to the separation of the frames and such. Also they say the image pops beyond the actual screen making it look like objects are actually around you.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/3d-vision-stereo,2121.html

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Maybe I'm weird, but I have absolutely no interest in 3D gaming. Let me explain why.

I'm a big fan of 3D movies. This summer, I took my daughter to see Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D. We both really enjoyed the experience. I think the appeal of 3D movies is that they draw you in more. You feel more a part of the action and less just a simple spectator. I think that's one of the things that separates a good movie from a great one - the ability to draw you in and make you forget about the real world for a time.

Now, gaming is far more involving from the start. You are playing, not simply spectating. So I don't need an additional level of immersion to feel that I'm there, because I'm already an active participant. In fact, I think wearing glasses - which is required for 3D to work - would in fact be a distraction that takes away from the overall experience.

So, I'll happily stick to my pseudo-3D gaming on a 2D screen.

I think it could be cool, esepcially if combined with head tracking as demonstrated here.

I do not think it will be the next big thing though. The majority of the populace does not own the top end video cards necessary to run that type of application. I also think it could bring about increased motion sickness problems as some people already have problems on a 2d screen.

It is very cool though.

i saw some OCZ neuro sensor or something.
check it out
Neural Impluse Actuator
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/ocz_peripherals/nia-neural_impulse_actuator

maybe not the next big thing, but give it 10-15 years and everything will be 3d

Like I said earlier, virtual reality is the next level of gaming, graphics only go so far and people get bored of or grow out of seeing gta 25 or final fantasy 30 or god of war 8 which is basically the same game with better graphics. WHen the game pu8ts you in the center, as part of the game, and takes you inside the game, it becomes more of a simulation and more of an experience rather than just a game. The possibnilities are endless, imagine the learning applications this could have for chimps for instance or people with disabilities, it could actually maybe create the next level of human intelligence. It is so much more immersive, so much more real, playing a game in stereo 3d than standard way that has been done to death already. its already the new millenium and people are still stuck in time it seems. Nvidia is the future btw, and ati is just a dinosaur of the passt.

TheGreySpectre said:

I think it could be cool, esepcially if combined with head tracking as demonstrated here.

I do not think it will be the next big thing though. The majority of the populace does not own the top end video cards necessary to run that type of application. I also think it could bring about increased motion sickness problems as some people already have problems on a 2d screen.

It is very cool though.

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Its already been done bro. your living in the past. This is what always seperated and continues to seperate pc gaming from console gmaing, what people think is "cool" on a wii or what ever has already been done on a pc at least 4 years ago:
http://forums.vr920.com/Topic3792-2-1.aspx


oh and there is technology already out where glasses aren't requirement (not that it makes any difference for me):
http://www.videsignline.com/192201274


What has been accomplished in terms of graphics has already been accomplished imo. The next step is immersion, virtual reality, effects impacting the player, being right there instead of looking at a monitor, nvidia is that future, all ati is is increasing todays technology, and making more pixels or more polygons on screen. Nvidia has visions way beyond that, visions most people on this forum cant even comprehend.

and pure virtual reality stereo 3d where you are right there and everywhere you look, everywhere you turn your head, the game world exists as if it were real. Better than sex probably imo and its possible right now not 10 yrs form now like ati would have you believe.

watch this physx show of the soon to be released mirrors edge and tell me how aweosme playing that would be combined with head tracking and 3d stereo?

better thans ex imo.

if you have the cash, the VR920 makes it so not only do you have head tracking and everything around you is in 3d, meaning everywhere you turn your head your still in the game and the game is all around you, but it turns a small monitor display into a humongous screen and puts you right inside the game:
http://www.edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=135

"This head mounted display offers built-in lenses so you no longer require a separate monitor. The iWear VR920 allows you to enter virtual worlds and communicate with others as if you are really there.

Experience cyberspace gaming and video like never before.
Step inside with the Vuzix iWear VR920, the world's first communication and gaming solution that incorporates immersive big-screen 3D, head tracking, microphone and audio. You can move, look around, listen, and communicate with others - almost like being in the 'real' world."

http://www.vuzix.com/iwear/products_vr920.html

"Experience cyberspace like never before
Step inside with the Vuzix iWear VR920, the world’s most popular virtual reality and gaming solution that incorporates immersive big-screen 3D video, head tracking, microphone and audio. You can move, look around, listen, and communicate with others."

watch the youtube vids and reviews (I cant find a single negative one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZABh01HVIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LlKxeEMhw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=907Z__2ohKw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoBd96BUuE&feature=related

One day 3D Gaming /stereoscopic will be a option for me I do believe. Looks like maybe 5-10 years right now. I want plug and play no adjusting this tweaking that. Just load the game and put on the glasses. No muss no fuss, than I'm in.

Oh! hears a really cheep pair. Don't have them my self can't speak for them.
http://www.xforce3d.com/product.shtml

I'll wait till I can just plug my brain in thanks =)

Malakai said:

I'll wait till I can just plug my brain in thanks =)

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Ah.. My fantasy: "The World"! .hack anybody?! Reality sucks.

doublejack said:

Now, gaming is far more involving from the start. You are playing, not simply spectating. So I don't need an additional level of immersion to feel that I'm there, because I'm already an active participant. In fact, I think wearing glasses - which is required for 3D to work - would in fact be a distraction that takes away from the overall experience.

So, I'll happily stick to my pseudo-3D gaming on a 2D screen.

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Yeah, but you aren't really immersed.. more like.. occupied. It's the difference between drawing through a maze and walking through one. That is, unless you happen to be already projecting yourself into your game and feel like you are your character?

That said, full-immersion virtual reality may or may not be good for the world.. It's a fine painkiller, but it doesn't solve the problems that make the real world an undesirable reality in the first place. I could go on and on about that one..