i come across this site a few times the past days when i was playing around with 3D Vision Discover (Free Analygraph s3D you get with Nvidia Drivers), so i registered to share some of my thoughts and maybe get some input from you guys. I have been s3D gaming a bit in the Past with the old Shutterglasses (Elsa Revelator) on a CRT, and tryed out the 3D Vision Discover with some very Old Red/Cyan glasses (Brand BULLFROG, came with Magic Carpet i think, have been gaming for some time *g*).
At the moment i play Lord of the Rings Online most of the time, and to my surprise it works very well in most conditions. The Stereo Effect somehow gives it a very cute "Toy World" feeling. I found myself staring at boxes, camps and all sort of objects and was amazed by it. So i surfed the web for info on the current generation of stereoscopic gaming. So here is what i found out so far, or how i see the current state of it:
3D Vision: Seems to still have ghosting, probably not as bad as the old shutterglasses on a crt, needs an expensive new Monitor (i recently got a 32" FullHD TV i use as a Monitor, 60hz) and won't work if get an ATI Card in the future (8800GT at the moment).
iz3d: Did not read much good about the Monitor, also some ghosting and off colours, not a good 2D monitor and also expensive, would be nice if it had display port (for eyefinity).
zalman trimon: Half resolution for 3d, might not be such a big deal as i remember from the old shutterglasses that 640*480 x 2 seems a bit higher res to the eye, not such a bad 2D monitor, less or no ghosting, good price (around 200€) but bad availability.
HMDs: Seems still at the same state as 10 years ago, low resolution, high cost. Still it would be my dream with headtracking...
Dual Projector Setup: Much too expensive for me, but i like the idea...
3D Vision Discover/Analygraph: Ghosting most of the time (in some situations it looks nearly perfect, in some its very bad), colours not very nice (sometimes its okay, sometimes bad), works in FullHD, no extra cost (maybe some better Glasses that might help with the ghosting), effect still is very impressive and immersive.
All of he above: Not perfect in most games, some glitches, special settings needed, compatibilty etc.
So i have come to the conclusion that maybe the 3D Vision Discover might be the best solution for me. Even with the real thing i will still have some ghosting while costing a lot of money. The only thing that might be something for me is the Zalman monitor, as it could also replace my old 21" SyncMaster1100P that i still use as 2nd Monitor and seems from the info that i could find on it (not much) to be without too many flaws while costing only as much as 3D Vision Glasses + 1 Game.
Should i consider getting the Zalman monitor or stick for the time beeing to my old paperglasses? Some questions that also wandered around my mind: Why does it look so much more "Real" when turning on s3D in game and drastically different and when i close one eye and look at real life in 2D there is not such a big difference? And: After playing for a while with analygraph glasses my eyes "white balance" is off in a funny way, left eye sees the world colder while right eye has a warmer view for some minutes, can that cause problems over time? Might i one day be able to drop the glasses because of that and play without but see the real world in red and blue?
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And as this is my first post: Hi to all, very nice place you have here, seems like we still have some way to go to get the perfect 3d experience we all dreamed of when we looked at the Virtual Reality helmets 10 years ago.