Official nVidia 3d, IZ3D or other solution Stereo Thread

The way NVIDIA has positioned it, there’s this Viewsonic monitor coming out towards the end of the year, they have the software support to work with it, and if gamers get their Viewsonic monitor [and NVIDIA’s glasses – Ed.] they’re going to have this 3D experience. But in two to three years, maybe even less time, this 120Hz Viewsonic fast refresh rate LCD panel isn’t going to be a niche market product – every LCD panel will have this feature
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Eventually all monitors moving forward will be similar and will eventually be mainstream based on this and would make sense as monitors evolve.

http://www.gamecyte.com/is-your-gaming-future-in-stereo-3d-part-three
 
Another bonus to me is the movie industry moving forward to 3d now and some of players starting to position themselves there as well for the home.

This was basically from Andrew Fear was nice to see:

In addition, Fear said gamers will be able to watch the upcoming 3D DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases from Hollywood.
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It's nice to garner additional value moving forward.

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/nvision-08-showcases-3d-gaming/?page=2

An article on the potential of 3d with movies.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-06-23-3-d-tv_N.htm
 
Some more links:

http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/nvidia-pushes-stereo-3-d-gaming-with.html

The 120hz display is important to a flawless 3-D experience because it allows 60 fps per eye--a high frame rate necessary to avoid eye strain.
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The above link has a few pictures.

NIVIDIA is also participating in the ongoing discussions amongst various entertainment industry groups to help enable a new standard for 3-D movies and television at home.
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http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2008/08/quick-post-3d-television-groups-convene.html

http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904332
 
Just give me the monitor and the glasses :bleh:

:cry:

I hate waiting.

I just wish Dell was coming with a 24" 1920x1200 120hz monitor, because the viewsonic while nice, isn't as nice for me in the rest of the specs.

I'll still get one though, been waiting for 3D again for far too long.
 
Tried anaglyph quite a while ago, was okay but I hate the triple-ghosting.

If LCD technology is at the stage where it can completely block out an image and synchronise tightly with the display, well, it'll be fun.

Personally, I would rather see a specs-free LCD that had a high enough resolution to be worth it. Or a super-high resolution pair of wearable mini-LCDs that would provide two discrete images.
 
There is no doubt I am getting one of the monitors as well............and have been killing for an improved version of Stereo 3d. Looked at other technologies a few times and came close but the ghosting needs to be gone and don't desire to hear this: " The effect is so nice you don't notice the limitations and doesn't really hurt the effect!" That may be true at the start but after some time the limitations stand out more and more.

Really wanted to concentrate on the people that witnessed the product first hand to hear what their thoughts may be. The "A" words like awesome and amazing was used a lot quite frankly.......but the two key words to me was Crystal Clear and Mark Rein offered those magic words.

Imagining playing World of WarCraft or RTS games with amazing clarity with this effect on a nice resolution and size? Granted, one would love to have bigger monitors now but it's understandable at the beginning and something to look forward to moving forward. Still have a wide screen that offers 1920 x 1200; It's not higher resolution without S-3d that offers this amazing immersion -- nice --- sure -- but not a huge jump to me -- this S-3d may.

Another point is I wanna use my 3d cards and make them work..........having more features that use my 3d cards is a god-send. If a title struggles a bit with a certain feature or settings, well, I can go multi-GPU or simply not use it. But, what's worse is not having it at all. Some mocked at this feature because they're basing this on Crysis, but I bet ya I can enjoy Crysis with this feature with one card -- and really enjoy Crysis with two. Nothing pains me more than excuses not to use things ---- I say, the worse thing is not having the feature at all that may be utilized in 100's of titles out-of-the-box.

If I can't have AA in certain titles because of those zany developers at times, well, having stereo 3d options may raise the bar as well. Just excited about the prospect but really believe this may be the real deal this time.

Bring it on -- let's see if nVidia delivered the real goods here.
 
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I do as well and getting tough to find new information but still plugging away. Can't wait to hear gaming views from this when released and can't wait to share views about this with others, too.
 
Also in this article of Graphics Plus it touches on Stereo 3d and actually hits home on one of the reasons why Stereo 3d is appealing:

I must say that I was quite impressed with the last bit that makes up Graphics Plus- 3D Stereo technology that was demonstrated on a 120Hz Viewsonic LCD panel. What it does is overlay two images and using nVidia’s 3D glasses, makes games appear in 3D. It really makes the 3D experience quite amazing and is something that will make you want to go back and play your favorite games all over again
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A nice out-of-the-box ability but notice another A word -- Amazing. It's used all the time and it's amazing that amazing is used a lot to describe the effect, hehe!:)

http://www.tbreak.com/articles/4/1/nVidia-Gitex-Interview/Page1.html
 
3D Entertainment Summit Expands Speaker Lineup with James Cameron as a Keynote Speaker and Day Two Luncheon Presenter with 3D Visionary, Vince Pace
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James Cameron said:
"Stereoscopic 3D is the most exciting evolution in cinema presentation since color and widescreen,"
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081106/lath102.html?.v=101



Additional speakers include: Michael Lewis, Chairman/CEO and Co-Founder, Real D, Joshua Greer, President and Co-Founder, Real D, Sandy Climan, CEO, 3Ality Digital, LLC, Steve Schklair, CEO, 3Ality Digital Systems, John Fithian, President and CEO, NATO, Buzz Hays, Senior Producer, Sony Pictures Imageworks,Chuck Viane, President of Distribution, Disney Pictures, Jim Tharp, President of Distribution, Paramount, Motion Picture Group, Vincent Maza, Solutions Marketing Manager, Avid Technology Inc., David Cohen, Associate Editor, Features,Variety, Charlotte Jones, Senior Analyst, Film and Cinema, Screen Digest, Jeffrey B. Logsdon, Managing Director, Media & Entertainment, BMO Capital Markets, Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc., Peter Cane, Publisher, Box Office Magazine, Andrew Oliver, Co-Founder & C.T.O., Blitz Games Studios Ltd., Neil Schneider, President, Meant to Be Seen Andrew Fear, Product Manager, SLI and Stereoscopic 3D Solutions, NVIDIA Corporation, Alex Ben Block, Show Business Historian, and Editor-at-Large, The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Marlowe, Digital Media Consultant, Peter Debruge, Associate Editor, Features, Variety, John Nicolard, Head of Digital Production, FotoKem Digital Film Services, Jeff McNall, Cinema Product Manager, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Andrew Stucker, Director of Sony Electronics Digital Cinema Systems
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I'm listening to the conference call from nVidia and CEO was discussing Stereo 3d and will save most of the exciting details when launched. The CEO was using quotes from various sources and the "A" words again, hehe, "amazing" and "awesome" was used. It's truly amazing how these A words are used to explain the effect over-and-over. Can't ignore this and must find out if its true or not, hehe!:)
 
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pahncrd said:
What are the 3d display options (glasses, monitors et cetera...) available now? I used to use stereo 3d all the time until my glasses broke.
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Andrew Fear said:
Right now our glasses support the new ViewSonic® pure 120 Hz LCDs, Mitsubishi® 3D DLP® HDTVs, generic Texas Instruments checkerboard pattern 3D, and analog CRTs that support at least 100 Hz refresh rate.
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The key to look forward to in the future is "3d ready displays" and actually was researching this last night as the industry seems to be moving in this direction. The first monitor suppose to be the Viewsonic 22 inch monitor and have my eye on it but waiting for it to be released -- pretty soon ( maybe 1 month or two away would be my guess.)

Researched the quotes of people that witnessed the effect and amazing and awesome ( A words) were used all the time. The magic wording of Crystal Clear was used by Mark Rein of Epic -- this was what I wanted to hear, if true, based on past solutions offered ghosting type effects that would break immersion after one adjusts to the newness of the 3d effect.

Another area was driver commitment and compatible gaming aspects -- sli gaming -- doesn't make sense if you can't enjoy this in a multitude of games including DirectX 10, and Sli. Things to investigate.

Don't know what the prices will be yet but the CEO did touch on Stereo 3d in the conference call and basically offered most of the exciting details will be offered at launch. To mention it in the conference call, one may imagine the launch may be soon as with most of the details. To include it in Graphics Plus or the GeForce With-In PR programs shows to me that nVidia is serious about bringing this to the gamer.

Working on this for years to improve this and another thing is it brings new gaming experiences to the PC arena to add immersion. Is it for everyone? No but as costs drop for 3d ready devices moving foward, many more gamers may desire to try it and enjoy it. It seems to me, nVidia is trying to create a market and be one of the leaders instead of waiting.

Personally did go bonkers for this and PhysX -- can't help it considering how much I feel about gaming experience factors.
 
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