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Crytek’s CryENGINE has always been a fine looking game engine, but it’s been missing one thing. In case you haven’t guessed, that thing is 3D. We’re not sure anyone was really pushing for this, but at GDC 2010, Crytek will be showing off their new CryENGINE 3 with stereoscopic 3D.
The new engine is reputed to be near photorealism in its rendering. Crytek also plans to give developers a new tool called LiveCreate. This feature will allow game designers to work on, and play their CryENGINE 3 game for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms at the same time.
Nvidia has also made some noise about the coming age of 3D, saying that 3D will be “all pervasive”. Some estimates peg the number of 3D enabled games in 2010 as high as 50. We don’t know if this whole 3D thing will take off, but CryENGINE 3 will probably still be really pretty in 2D. Are you waiting with bated breath for 3D gaming to hit the mainstream?
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Furien
March 03, 2010 at 2:18pm
3D in games, TV, and movies is already the "next thing" but it's not going to be the next "BIG" thing until the numerous barriers to entry get worked out. For one, all the current forms of 3D require glasses... that in and of itself just plain sucks. In addition you have to front the money for a new 120hz or higher display, or multiple displays if you're interested in the surround gaming fad too. You're also going to need one beast of a system to play games using these new demanding engines at framerates and resolutions that won't give you those fun 3D seizures.
I'm looking forward to 3D at some point in the future, but unless you've got a few grand or more burning a hole in your wallet you're not going to be able to afford the full experience for quite some time.
praetor_alpha
March 03, 2010 at 5:19am
*sigh* another "3d" article
If it's new, they should stop calling it 3D: pretty much every AAA game in the past 13 years has been 3D, and now it's thrown about as "OMG LASTEST THING". Marketing should get out of their cave.
bingojubes
March 02, 2010 at 6:45pm
3D takes too long for me to enjoy it. i always go see 3d versions of films with my friends, and i am the only one who can't adjust to seeing stuff in 3D. i may have bad eyes, but dang, 120Hz monitoirs are expensive.
binkievanes
March 02, 2010 at 6:07pm
Binkie van Es , netherlands antilles
I love the 3d experience en experimented with it on the pc with games and downloaded movies , one big bummer though and this is a dealbreaker : I wear prescription glasses and I am not the only one. I will not mind fiddling with two sets of glasses to see the occasional 3d movie, but I dont see myself playing a game while trying to balance two sets of glasses on my nose, untill the glasses thing is settled I am out and will contimue to play 2d. Are there other bespectacled people who have a solution ? , please react ( and I am not talking contact lenses, I cannot wear those)
Neufeldt2002
March 02, 2010 at 7:41pm
Same boat as you, but I also get headaches from 3D. If they could do it without the glasses, then maybe.
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nekollx
March 03, 2010 at 10:15am
i'm sure Holodecks (true 3d) are only a couple hundred years away
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Neufeldt2002
March 03, 2010 at 1:11pm
That would be true innovation :-)
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