engadget has the scoop from Sony that they plan to release a firmware upgrade for the PS3 in 2010 that will enable support for 3D television in all existing games. Of course, you’ll need the special 3D glasses and a TV with a high refresh rate (probably 120hz minimum).
In many ways, 3D just seems to make more sense in a video game than for a movie, and the whole problem of finding content to deliver in the format has already been solved: a software update for the PS3 sometime in 2010 will enable it to provide a 3D viewing experience to “all” existing games on the system. We’re sure there will be some exceptions, but it sounds very promising. The console itself pumps out a quite regular signal over HDMI, which the TV syncs up with your 3D glasses. A 200Hz TV, for instance, alternates 1080p frames, with 100Hz for each eye.
Could this finally be what brings 3D into the home?
via PS3’s new 3D mode captured on video, coming in 2010 to all existing games.
@MokeleMbembe
That would be neat, but I think stuff like the Alioscopy glasses-free 3D monitors are the way to go.. Anaglyphic is just ugly.
They could just add a firmware update that lets you choose to display graphics in anachrome so you can play with red/blue glasses. New autostereoscopic technology eliminates the need for the glasses. To have a “3DTV” that requires glasses is stupid.