Glasses-Free 3D Coming to TV Next Week

[SelectivelyEvil13]

It just seems like a profligate investment for the standard consumer. After the big 3D "experience" in the theater, is it really that feasible to try and simulate the same experience every time you watch the movie? I can't see 3D anymore, but even if I still could, it would only be once in a blue moon. So several grand on a TV to use what amounts to a rather gimmicky feature a couple times a month, maybe?

On the plus side, perhaps the price of standard HDTVs will drop enough where I can buy a screen big enough for the side of my house.

 

[twm1709]

Somenone at Sony must be in a lot of grief right now

 

[SyphonX]

I seriously doubt it.

There is no way they invented a suitable replacement for stereoscopic 3D shutter glasses, of which are quite a technical marvel. There is just no way. It will be some half-assed, gimmicky and unsatisfying experience.

The only reason people are not buying 3D is because it's too expensive, and it's ultimately not worth it, because there are only a handful of movies every year that people would consider "3D worthy". These are the high-profile, super high-budget mega-flix like Avatar, or the once-in-a-while cheesy Resident Evil types.

I have a 50" plasma TV which I enjoy very much, and it wasn't that expensive, all things considered. If I wanted a 3D TV the same size, I would have had to shell out about another 2,000 clams, plus about 100-200 per pair of shutter glasses.. and just so I could wait months and months and months for the next 3D worthy movie? I don't think so.

Maybe in about 10 years.

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On another note.. I'm considering getting a Nvidia 3D setup for my PC, for gaming, as pretty much every game is 3D worthy, and it's not nearly as expensive, but still a heavy purchase; ~$600 or so for the glasses kit and a suitable 120hz LCD. I can easily think about 20 recent games off the top of my head that I would love to try in 3D, where I can only think of about 5 movies I would care to watch in 3D.

 

[Darth_Dude]

ignore this

 

[Darth_Dude]

I can just imagine the guy who forked out thousands for a glasses 3D TV learning about this.

"What? They made that! So I spent $3000 on impress my friends for nothing!? FUUUUUU-"

 

[DragonChi]

Forget 3D. I want Holodecks, where the holograms can become self-aware and evil.

^^ I like how this man thinks...

 

[minarri]

I'm interested in how they'll be able to adjust the filtering to accommodate different viewer locations. I mean glasses-free 3D cell phones have been out here in Japan for probably a year or so now, but you basically hold it in one spot.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Please let the fucking 3D thing go already, guys. The 3ds will sell well because it has a good game lineup and looks awesome, not because it has 3D. People aren't not buying 3D tv's because of the glasses, they're not buying it because they're retarded, overpriced, and a stupid gimmick.

Why do you hate 3D so much?

It's just a part of the future.

Like Virtual Reality. ...Oh, wait...

 

[Sneaklemming]

I'm seeing that scene from Paycheck where he lifts off the back end of the monitor any day now.

 

[Baldr]

That's not what happened at all. I still have a standard definition TV, and I know a lot of other people who as well.

And, I'm pretty sure 3D TV is a lot more impressive to the casual consumer than "higher definition." I'm pretty sure the casual consumer doesn't even know what higher definition means, actually.

Actually you did pay for it in your cable/satellite bills, they made the transition for you. I pretty sure the normal consumer can tell you that HD is better quality picture even they can't understand it just a jump in screen resolution.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

Dick Tracy saw this coming.

Also, the problem with 3D TV is that it's fundamentally unimmersive. It tries to be all realistic and "Oh-it's-like-I'm-right-there", but it doesn't work, because (A) you've still got this camera jumping around from shot to shot, unlike if you really were there, and (B) the screen is still small enough that you can see the edges and everything around it in your peripheral vision. So it's not like you're inside the movie at all.

I think we're heading towards another VHS/Betamax or DVD-HD/Blu-Ray format scuffle. I very much doubt that different vendors' products will work on different types of 3D.

I see no reason why this would be the case; that'd be like if Blu-Ray discs worked on LCD TV's but not plasmas. The player would be reading two full screens, one for the left eye and one for the right, and sending that as a signal to the TV. It wouldn't matter how the TV displays it.

 

[aksel]

a

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Holo-tv is next... followed by holo-decks... kill me now.

 

[Jake187]

Hey I just got the Sony HX800 3D and it is owsome!!!!! Playing games and movies in 3D is great!!! What you guys should do is save!! and buy a 3D HDTV!!! IT is TOOOOOOOO FUCKEN GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont regret buying it at all and the glasses are really cool too, they dont bug me at all!!!