Posted 11/19/2008 at 10:43:24pm

Eh I can't wait! But I'll have to buy a new TV.. d'oh.


And yar it's not 'everything' as the title suggests, but oh well.


As for you're gear;

sub 8ms GTG does not mean your screen is capable of displaying acceptable stereoscopic goodness!
I assume faster gtg would improve the stereoscopic quality though (less ghosting etc).

The Refresh rate is the limiting factor of most current Screens, since most desktop and TV's are 60hz.
The glasses 'block' one eye at a time - switching rapidly between eyes to block the wrong view angle being seen from the wrong eye. So essentialy you are cutting the reresh rate in half - the whole "left eye see frames 1,3,5, right eye see frames 2,4,6" bit.

So unless you have a 100hz (50hz per eye should be acceptable) or higher (120hz would be my prefered minimum to use) capable screen they you will need a new one.


The cost? I can't say what they are gonna do.
But shutter glasses that are currently on the market start from around 80$ AUD (maybe less now) upto 150?
or go for some Goggles which have been available that I've seeon from as low as 500$ AUD upto thousands
Unfortunatly as mentioned above your other equipment has to support the requirments as well.


The experience... I think it's awesome.
There is a fairly easy way to get a taste of what it's like with out owning any special gear.(works for most people, but not all)...
First be warned that I find this technique good for a quick taste only, more than 30seconds or so can make you feel sick or strain your eyes (it's alot harder on your eyes/brain than using the googles)
Anyway, First you need to find a stereoscopic image - then use the 'cross-eyed' technique which you can find on google.


I spent a bit of money on a big CRT monitor with high refresh, shutter glasses, a fast PC etc so I could play games in 'real 3d' and it was worth it... when it worked. I found that games that worked correctly were awesome, some better than others.
World of Warcraft was awesome.
Some shooters were amazing, while some were pretty average.
GTA San Andreas was sweet :D
Unfortunaly back then drivers were limiting at times and caused me issues.


Sideffects people complain about?
You do have to take it slow and get use to the seperation and convergence settings - which as it said in the article they have been looking at.
Most people have no idea about these settings and just complain about headaches, eye strain and it makes them sick...
If you start off with almost none and build your way up over a month of so you can use higher settings with out the side effects.


Anyway, I just wish people would stop dismissing it so easily when everyone I know that I showed stereoscopic images and games to with the correct settings for them (being new to it) all loved it.