During the EA press conference, the crytek developer demoing crysis 2 at the end of his little speech he announced that crysis 2 will be in 3D on PS3 PC and 360! SInce when can the 360 do 3D do they know something we dont! maybe kinect has secret powers not announced!! OHH WOW OOOOH!

I hope for 360 players that there will be 3D. For me, I luckily have ps3 and a good PC, but if it is possible on 360 than it will undoubtedly become available.

I have a PS3 and it has 3D but I do not PC game except for a few MMo's like WoW or soon to be Star Wars the old republic! anyway if all HD gaming platforms can then it could posibly be the future but right now its really slow(not to mention 3D tv's are effin' expensive!)

Building Pc's is more than fun, it's... I think my heart just stopped

How much extra is it to get the equipment for the 3D on any of the platforms - anyone know?

Well it depends. If you get the PC version, you will have to get the NVIDIA 3D kit, which I think is about $100-$150. For PS3, the only thing you need is a 3D ready TV that supports HDMI 1.4 and Active shutter glasses. The best and cheapest 3DTV I've seen thats available is on Sony's webstie. I'm pretty sure its $1400. So you should check there. As for 360, nothing has been announced but I'm thinking that they will probably update it with 3D support very soon. I would be surprised if they didn't by this Fall. I just really hate that 3D is sooo very expensive! You have to buy the hugely expensive TV that may or may not come with the Active glasses, then, if you want more glasses, they are insanely expensive as well (I think $150 per pair)! And it svcks, because I really want a 3DTV and so do a ton of other people and they just can't afford it. If someone comes out with an affordable (in the range of $500 to $700 for about 32 inch to 42 inch), high quality 3DTV soon, they will make a LOT of money. Like a lot. So someone needs to do it! Also, one last thing, (haha this is kind of turning into a rant) why aren't there any 3DTVs out there that use Passive glasses (like the ones you get at the theater)? I don't understand it. It would be much cheaper for everyone. And, even if there was a Passive 3DTV, it wouldn't even be compatible with PS3's 3D games or, in the future, 3D Blu-ray. Its totally lame. Okay. End of post.

If they let you use the theater 3D glasses they couldn't charge you $150-$300 per pair so you can enjoy your new $5000 3DTV and $100 3D Movie....it's all about making a buck.

It is stereoscopic 3D meaning it should work on any tv/montor using seperate coloured lenses in some glasses.

I wonder if we might see Nintendo marketing their new 3d tech into tv's. If that's even possible. Would be nice to play 3d without any sort of head gear.

@lenandude: about PC gamers, you can just need a 3D Ready TV too, not only the NVidia kit, just connect your PC through HDMI to your 3D Ready TV

I'm pretty sure glassless 3D TVs must already exist (probaby only in showrooms so far). Sharp released a glassless LCD 3D monitor like, dunno, 5 years ago? Of course, you need to be in cerrtain position in orden to see the 3D effect (most likely the same technology used on the 3DS)

@kai_76:
The coloured glasses' 3D is caller "anaglyph". Stereoscopic refers to "real" 3D ("stereo" refers to different images for each eye).




BTW, there's no reason for the 360 not to output a 3D image. Don't expect every single game to become 3D instantly though, as each game must be threated independently for subtleties with might render it unplayable (doble crosshair, different shadows for each eye, and other potential problems); and 3D requires more processing power (depends on each game and its engine, but I think it's probably an average of about 140-160% the power needed for the "2D" version of the same game.) Don't expect 3D 1080p gaming on consoles on any (if any) game anytime soon (oh, and it seems older hdmi don't even have enough bandwidth for 120hz 1080p).

3D gaming is a PITA hardware-wise, but damn it looks gorgeous.

Anyone know if there are glass-less stereoscopic displays out yet? I think I saw one for commercial use, but the refresh rate was super low. I can't stand wearing those glasses :/

maybe a little too much for me :/

[quote]Well it depends. If you get the PC version, you will have to get the NVIDIA 3D kit, which I think is about $100-$150. For PS3, the only thing you need is a 3D ready TV that supports HDMI 1.4 and Active shutter glasses. The best and cheapest 3DTV I've seen thats available is on Sony's webstie. I'm pretty sure its $1400. So you should check there. As for 360, nothing has been announced but I'm thinking that they will probably update it with 3D support very soon. I would be surprised if they didn't by this Fall. I just really hate that 3D is sooo very expensive! You have to buy the hugely expensive TV that may or may not come with the Active glasses, then, if you want more glasses, they are insanely expensive as well (I think $150 per pair)! And it svcks, because I really want a 3DTV and so do a ton of other people and they just can't afford it. If someone comes out with an affordable (in the range of $500 to $700 for about 32 inch to 42 inch), high quality 3DTV soon, they will make a LOT of money. Like a lot. So someone needs to do it! Also, one last thing, (haha this is kind of turning into a rant) why aren't there any 3DTVs out there that use Passive glasses (like the ones you get at the theater)? I don't understand it. It would be much cheaper for everyone. And, even if there was a Passive 3DTV, it wouldn't even be compatible with PS3's 3D games or, in the future, 3D Blu-ray. Its totally lame. Okay. End of post.[/quote]

U dont need Nvidias 3D kit to use Crysis 3D because it uses stereoscopic which ATI supports. what u will need to use it is a par of 3D polarized classes and atleast a 120Hz monitor. But its not restricted to Nvidia only.

@kdawgmaster

You got the picture wrong. Polarized glasses (with are not an electronic device, and look like normal plastic or paper glasses) only work with specialized 3D monitores such as the IZ3D (uses it's custom polarizing) and Thermaltake Trimon, and very expensive dual-projectors setups with polarized lens and a silver screen. Those are NOT the same as the so-called "3D TVs". 3D tvs are simply 120+hz lcds with a built-in minidin connector to which connect the shutter glasses (glasses with lcd panels which block light one eye at a time sinchronized with the refresh rate) to (they get in sync with the onscreen image that way, so when the left eye's image is shown in the screen the right lcd on the glasses turns dark, and viceversa). Polarized setups work fine at 60hz since both eyes see the image at all time, as compared as shutter glasses which need 120hz (60hz for each eye).

The only way I know to play Crysis in 3D on a pc with a normal (not IZ3D or such) 120hz monitor or TV with a non-nvidia card is to use third party software such as IZ3D or Tridef 3D, and that DOESN'T work with Nvidia's shutter glasses (those are a propietary design and will only work with Nvidia drivers), but DO work with other shutter glasses such as the EDimensional ones (and its clones).

The word "stereoscopic" refers to ANY way to generate and see images in 3D, and that includes anaglyph, shutter glasses, polarized lens, crossed eyes, dual screen (that includes those old and new fancy 3D headsets, and even the old viewmaster 3D slides), etc.

So, in short, it is NOT possible to use polarized glasses with a 120hz lcd (even if it's advertized as a 3D TV), as they are 100% different technologies.

[quote]Well it depends. If you get the PC version, you will have to get the NVIDIA 3D kit, which I think is about $100-$150. For PS3, the only thing you need is a 3D ready TV that supports HDMI 1.4 and Active shutter glasses. The best and cheapest 3DTV I've seen thats available is on Sony's webstie. I'm pretty sure its $1400. So you should check there. As for 360, nothing has been announced but I'm thinking that they will probably update it with 3D support very soon. I would be surprised if they didn't by this Fall. I just really hate that 3D is sooo very expensive! You have to buy the hugely expensive TV that may or may not come with the Active glasses, then, if you want more glasses, they are insanely expensive as well (I think $150 per pair)! And it svcks, because I really want a 3DTV and so do a ton of other people and they just can't afford it. If someone comes out with an affordable (in the range of $500 to $700 for about 32 inch to 42 inch), high quality 3DTV soon, they will make a LOT of money. Like a lot. So someone needs to do it! Also, one last thing, (haha this is kind of turning into a rant) why aren't there any 3DTVs out there that use Passive glasses (like the ones you get at the theater)? I don't understand it. It would be much cheaper for everyone. And, even if there was a Passive 3DTV, it wouldn't even be compatible with PS3's 3D games or, in the future, 3D Blu-ray. Its totally lame. Okay. End of post.[/quote]



You don't need Nvidia 3D kit.... All you need is a monitor over 120mhz and Stereoscopic 3D glasses (like the ones that you had if you went to avatar).

I am sorry guys but how did this discussion go from 360 being leaked for having 3d to you dont need nvidia stuff for 3D PC's

I like the idea, but I'll look like a retard playing with 3D glasses on lol.

Sony 3D was just silly, those goggles are going to be costy and a hassle.
As for nintendo who actually manages to do the whole 3D without goggles uses apparently some system with the tvs/monitors, how will it come to PC, dunno. In few years I suspect.

ANY pc/machine/system can do 3D -.-
seriously dumbest thread ever.

[quote]I like the idea, but I'll look like a retard playing with 3D glasses on lol.[/quote]
so youre a retard?

[quote][quote]I like the idea, but I'll look like a retard playing with 3D glasses on lol.[/quote]

ANY pc/machine/system can do 3D -.-
seriously dumbest thread ever.



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Lmao.

im not paying extra for 3D. if i had a 3D tv then sure but im more than happy with the normal verison. good work crytek!!!

Avatar gave me a huge **** headache in 3d.

I think for the 360 all you need is a 3d tv and you can play it in 3d I don't think special software is needed because they said you can play in 3d in all platforms right out of the box.

I really don't like 3D as much as other people I mean it's cool but I rather have clearer pictures on my TV. That's why I like the sharp quattron technology.

I just attempted to make a fake 3D image:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=hvuvzp&s=6

[quote]It is stereoscopic 3D meaning it should work on any tv/montor using seperate coloured lenses in some glasses.[/quote]
The 3DS tech uses alternating vertically stacked columns of pixels. Like you would view any holograph with the rough surface the distance you position yourself from the object is key. With that technology in tvs, it would require a pretty crazy setup system that only worked at one location in the room, and or a flexible screen membrain to bend the light waves correctly.