Meant to be Seen

After much procastinating got my first 3d rig together today..using descent 3 as a test...

I had an optoma EP719 projector running at about 80" screen..and sat about three feet away.

and it was bloody amazing..!!

just like imax, everything in field of vision was full I was right in there. I shoved up 3d popout to max but it was a bit of an eyestrain. Just about 75-80% is good.

except i am the director. rather than sit getting blasted with film scenes i can just mess around in my ultra real escape from reality.

Right away the most amazing thing was that when the descent bots started coming at me the spatial depth made hitting them easier. the spatial interaction was brilliant, especially as descent when played with a joystick feels quite like flying anyway.

also tried my hitachi 21" CRT with fresnel len..nice and clear but the projector rig wins out.. Tried quake 3, but did not have that massive immersion feeling i got from descent 3.

Trying to explain 3d is pretty difficult. My friend doesnt get how a rig cobbled together from old parts will blow away his brand new system.

Congratulations on your first rig. There really is nothing else like a good 3d projector setup. Have fun, stick around.

sounds amazing!

Great! Then you have to show'em!
I don't really know whay, but going big from small in 3d gives more than doing the same in 2d.

Likay wrote:Great! Then you have to show'em!
I don't really know whay, but going big from small in 3d gives more than doing the same in 2d.

The problem is people dont understand stereovision. I have to actually take them to an imax movie...Then its all "ahhhhh" "whhhooooa"..when can we go see another one.

As for my hardcore gaming friend..he still doesnt get it ..so i am doing a challenge with him.

my 4 year old pc with shutter glasses and projector Vs his new quadcore.geforce 9000 series rig.

We stick up a sign in the local uni and offer to pay some students to judge which system they prefer. Mine made out of parts all older than 4 years..or his all brand new. Whoever loses has to pay the students a fee.

It might be a good idea for anybody else trying to convince hardcore gamers to do similiar challenges ...and make yourself a few bucks in the process.

wow rogerharris that is an ingenious idea! Please share your results and detailed accounts of his humiliation once available.

rogerharris wrote:

Likay wrote:Great! Then you have to show'em!
I don't really know whay, but going big from small in 3d gives more than doing the same in 2d.

The problem is people dont understand stereovision. I have to actually take them to an imax movie...Then its all "ahhhhh" "whhhooooa"..when can we go see another one.

As for my hardcore gaming friend..he still doesnt get it ..so i am doing a challenge with him.

my 4 year old pc with shutter glasses and projector Vs his new quadcore.geforce 9000 series rig.

We stick up a sign in the local uni and offer to pay some students to judge which system they prefer. Mine made out of parts all older than 4 years..or his all brand new. Whoever loses has to pay the students a fee.

It might be a good idea for anybody else trying to convince hardcore gamers to do similiar challenges ...and make yourself a few bucks in the process.

Your problem roger will be that video card. You will have to play old games and your freind will have the latest which will sway many opinions from the start. See if you can get a 7900 or similar and you should be able to play some later games at your projector resolution.