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NVidia has just announced the newest version of their 3D Vision products, attempting to squash the common complaints of darkness and faint imagery from active displays.  The new tech boasts “LightBoost” technology, doubling the typical brightness of the displays through special monitors and a new generation of classes.

“NVIDIA 3D LightBoost technology makes 3D games, movies and photos more stunning and life-like than ever before,” said David Wung, senior director of product management of Open Platform Business (OPBG) Group for ASUS Computer International. ”With 3D LightBoost and our new full-HD monitors, colors are richer, textures and subtle image details virtually jump off the screen, and the overall quality of the experience is something to behold. We are thrilled to be the first desktop display manufacturer to bring this new level of 3D visual quality to our customers with the ASUS VG278H.”

The glasses are still IR based, and available from retailers for $149.  Hopefully this means new Vision Pro glasses are on the way!

via NVIDIA 3D Vision Vaults to New Dimension With Next-Gen 3D Glasses and Monitors – NVIDIA Newsroom.

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In a decidedly odd move, NVidia has just released a new generation of their popular 3D glasses.  In an attempt to cut down on the price, the new glasses are available in a USB-powered wired version for only $99.

NVIDIA 3D Vision wired glasses, which feature NVIDIA’s advanced active-shutter technology, allow gamers and 3D enthusiasts to access the broadest selection of high-quality 3D content available today, including more than 525 full-HD 3D games, Blu-ray 3D movies, and streaming 3D video from YouTube and 3DVisionLive.com. NVIDIA 3D Vision wired glasses also support more than 65 different 3D Vision monitors, notebooks, and projectors, giving users complete flexibility in configuring their 3D Vision PCs.

I don’t think anyone would disagree that cheaper glasses are attractive, yes.  But $99, for Wired glasses?  A quick look at Amazon shows several other wireless active shutter glasses at comparable prices ($50 – $150), and I just can’t imagine wearing them with that wire brushing my cheek.  NVidia makes some noise about using them in “crowded environments” like Internet Cafe’s and LAN Parties, where you won’t have to fight signal noise, and they’re probably right.  However, I still don’t see too many of these coming out.

Read the full press release after the break.

via NVIDIA Introduces New 3D Vision Wired Glasses for Only $99 – NVIDIA Newsroom.

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Those of you with NVidia 3D Vision rigs have a whole new source of 3D content, and it comes from the largest purveyor of online video around: YouTube.

“We’re excited to introduce HTML5 and WebM support to the thousands of 3D videos available on YouTube,” said Jonathan Huang 3D Product Manager at YouTube. “By embracing these open standards, Nvidia 3D Vision users now have a great way of experiencing YouTube’s library of 3D content.”

Make sure you’ve got the latest drivers (v275 or newer), crank up FireFox (version 4 or newer), and you’ll see a new HTML5 Viewing option with 3D Video support!

via Nvidia 3D Vision Now Compatible With YouTube.

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NVidia is happy to announce to day that the “professional” Version of their popular 3DVision system is now available for purchase.  Replacing their existing shutter glasses with RF-powered shutter glasses, it opens their use to massive auditoriums, eliminating line-of-sight issues and enables multiple displays to be used in a single area via careful pairing of each pair of glasses to a single display.

3D Vision Pro glasses and Quadro graphics provide an easy to use, robust solution for driving 3D visualizations on a range of display options, from a single desktop panel to massive, multi-projector power wall or CAVE.

This unique 3D solution combines 3D Vision Pro active shutter glasses and a robust radio-based control hub with 120Hz panels and projectors. Professionals can design, create and explore in stereoscopic 3D enabling collaborative workflows that dramatically speed up time to insight.

I’ve had the chance to try these at SC10 and SIGGRAPH2010, and they really are much better than the IR alternative.  They had 3 or 4 stations set up side by side, and the glasses were synced to only work with a single monitor.  That’s really not possible with IR glasses.

However, they’re a bit pricey.  Each pair of glasses will set you back $349 USD, and the RF Hub (a required part for each station) is $399, leading to deals like this PNY Hub+Glasses offer for $750.

via 3D Vision Pro for Professionals.

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If you use your NVidia 3D Vision setup to watch movies, then go get the latest version they just published.  It adds support for several new formats and abilities:

• Added support for MXF files of Digital Cinema Packages.
• Added JPEG2000 video decoder.
• Added timing correction for field-sequential content. The new timing option compensates the sync offset of 1/50 or 1/60 second between the left and right field by doubling the frame rate and delaying one eye by one frame.
• Added m2ts file extension in open dialog.
• Added support for 3D Vision Surround mode
• Added frame-sequential input layout.

They’ve also updated their Quicktime sources, and fixed several glitches  related to fullscreen, playlists, and other issues.

via NVIDIA DRIVERS 1.6.2.

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