NVidia Giving away 3D Vision at Computex2009

June 4th, 2009
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NVidia drew a crowd today by giving away 3D Vision equipment in their booth at Computex2009.  However, unlike their recent active-shutter technology, they surprised everyone by going old-school.

NVIDIA showed a few games (Tomb Raider was one, Burnout: Paradise was another) running while supplying the press with those glasses seen above and while yes, it did look like things were coming out of the screen, it looked awful while things were coming out of the screen.

It’s particularly surprising since most of the marketing material lambasted anaglyphic stereo technology as antiquated junk.

via PC Perspective – Computex 2009: NVIDIA gives away 3D Vision, but not really.

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This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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  • maitri.vr

    Someone showed a 3D-stereo version of Google SketchUp at Where 2.0 and made us all look at it through these old-school glasses. After having worked with them for years, I have to say that the price point on active stereo glasses is too high and they give me headaches. Not saying it’s this way for everyone, but I don’t really mind anaglyphic stereo glasses.

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