Sun Creator 3D "stereo"

From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22 03:02:08 2002

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From: "Netdiablo" <root_at_diablonet.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:52 PM
Subject: Sun Creator 3D "stereo"

> I don't have a pair of requisite shutter glasses to try the concept,
> but it always seemed kind of chintzy to be used in a high-end setup.
> Sort of like a pre-HMD semi-immersive sort of display technology,
> although it's still around...

It's chintzy virtual reality technology, but by far the cheapest and more
effective than blue/red 3d glasses :) They don't have them on low-end 3d
cards cause the graphics processor has to render the scene twice, once for
each eye, and double the framerate and refresh rate for the same scene. For
instance, to get the equivalent of a 60Hz referesh rate using shutter
glasses the card has to put out 120Hz, pretty intense, especially at higher
resolutions. My old boss had a GeForce with shutter glasses. They worked OK,
kinda flickery, but Unreal Tournament looked pretty cool jumping out of the
screen like that.

I have used really high-end helmet mouted display setups. They were awesome,
but cost upwards of $20K. An Asus GeForce3 Deluxe is around $400-500. There
isn't much of a middle ground :)
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 03:02:08 GMT