subject: Remember When 3d Video Was Unimaginable? [print this page] I kind of do, I have imprecise fuzzy memories of cheap horror films attempting to push SuchandSuchgetsMaimedandMurdered 3D!!!!!! every now and again in the late eighties and early nineties. Of course, I had no possibility of seeing them at such a young age, and that amazing 3D! Failed to carry over to VHS, whether or not they came packaged with those delicate paper glasses-you were not seeing **. Lately Hollywood has been trying to bring back 3D in the theater, I think they have noticed that IMAX isn't that glorious as they try and market it. Unless you like vertigo, everyone has their peculiarities. I'll admit the only thing I saw in theaters with the mythical 3D aspect was 'The Nightmare Before Xmas a couple of years gone, and the only remotely three-dimensional part was the pumpkin in the beginning trying to psych you up for the glorious 3D! That was about to slam into your eye sockets. Obviously I didn't expect much after that.
Now, there is a steady push in the marketplace for 3D in *television*, especially in the realm of gaming. I believed it was impossible, that kind of stuff could surely only be available in, THE FUTURE. But you can at this time, in reality drop anywhere from eight hundred-to a thousand on a reasonable tower able for 3D PC game play. In a few months, the leading company in the field Nvidia will be releasing a 3.5 foot tower with a clear Plexiglas side to show off it's super power 3D water cooling inside. Of course, your going to new hardware if you want to play with state-of-the-art technology. Which is expected, naturally, 3D gaming requires double the framerate the 2D gaming does. You can technically have it on an older system, but unless you like seeing everybody on your screen doing the robot, then it time to start saving. Or not, like everybody who isn't an elitist, hardcore pc gamer.
As for the bulk of gamers out there who like their consoles, don't fret. The slowly reviving PS3 will be seeing a 3D upgrade this summer, and the Xbox 360 is bound to follow. Even still, you will need a new 3D HDTV that supports HDMI 1.4 to even support that. Since I love to assume that many folks are like me and don't have a HDTV ( Ok, I don't have a TV at all ), we won't have to stress about spending scratch on a new TV just to keep up with the locals. Especially since we are going to be just about required to buy a completely new group of games to play, since we won't be able to play ANY of the games now out there on these new 3D systems, they just do not have the framerate necessary. Now, this doesn't take away from the dazzling things I have heard about 3D gaming, actually it could very well be the way forward for gaming. I said the same about the Wii, but this time I suspect I am right. I know Microsofts next-gen console will have 3D technology built in, and if that doesn't change the way we game I don't know what will.
As per common, it will take some time for 3D anything to become reasonable. And it will not truly become wide-ranging until console's are pushing it, it will be a few years before we see that. Do not worry though, remember when DVD players were going for a grand a pop? I am doing, and it's 10 years later and you can find a decent one on the path during Bulk rubbish Night. If your desperate for some 3D like it 1985 however , unreal just announced that it's imaginary Engine will shortly be ready to go 3D with an easy switch flip. A decent gaming rig with a young graphics card connected up to a 120Hz monitor can handle a ton of games in 3D at the moment, but Nvidia's 3DTC Play just commented shortly you are going to be able to hook up a gaming P.C to a 3D HDTV. In all truth though, if you're actually going to spend the cash on a first gen 3D HDTV, you can't overlook a P.C that may 3D GAME. I do not care how much you loved Nightmare before Xmas, seeing it in 3D in you living room will never match up to the Awesome that's playing a game like Bioshock in all it's 3D glory.
