Years back I had my store order one of the "gamer" HMD's from a now dead company for
>$300. Visually it was very "3d" but hideous resolution and really uncomfortable to
wear. The head tracking feature worked real well for flight sims and such where
glancing was needed. Never liked the result with Quake at all. Funny trivia, you tend
to see this defunct co's liquidated hardware used in low-budget scifi movies as props. ;)
Of the current tech the only experience I've had was with IMAX 3D's polarized glass
which was very good IMHO. Bring that home as 1080P/120Hz per eye and I'd be a happy
camper! Personally I don't think 60Hz/eye is enough for same reasons that it sucks
for mono-vision and really would "see" 240Hz or better as the target. Of course I
refer mostly to gaming but real 3D movies have appeal to me also!
On 1/14/2010 5:36 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:
This being the HWG I can't believe no one here has gone there, so what're
your thoughts/experiences with 3D TV and/or gaming? The gaming has been
around longer, b/c I assume it was easier to get computer games to do 3d;
see this thread (someone references playing the FIRST Descent in 3D;
something I think I remember hearing about) :
http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3
<http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5274> &t=5274
Turns out that Samsung DLP I got last year supports 3D (and DLPs are one of
the few tvs out there that will, having a true 120Hz refresh rate) with the
addition of an extra kit for $150 ($200 for 2 glasses from DDD aka TriDef at
http://www.ddd.com/cart/product.php?productid=2
<http://www.ddd.com/cart/product.php?productid=2&cat=1&page=1> &cat=1&page=1
). Considering it since the tech isn't going to settle for a while, and
having it now would be cool (people have been doing it for the last couple
years apparently with earlier Samsung/Mitsu DLPs).
And it doesn't sound like getting a gaming rig setup with 3D is that hard; I
played Left4Dead in 3D at a tech event last year with the glasses and
headphone/mic and it was pretty cool; forgot about it until the whole
Avatar/3D thing at CES this year and now I'm looking into getting it.
Anyway, thoughts?
BINO
