Nvidia to Fully Unveil GeForce Stereoscopic 3D at CES

AuDioFreaK39 · § #1 01-06-2009, 01:15 PM

Nvidia to fully unveil GeForce Stereoscopic 3D at CES

new active shutter glasses

by AuDioFreaK39

Nvidia is proud to announce that CES 2009 will be the first place the company will reveal its new custom engineered Stereoscopic 3D active shutter glasses.

In August 2008, the stereoscopic 3D technology concept was originally introduced at NVISION, the company's massive visual computing mega-event. The glasses used at the event, however, were only prototypes and had to be connected to an infra red receiver by a small wire. Additionally, Nvidia confessed that 3D driver support had not been optimal due to a lack of quality 3D-capable displays on the market.

With past excuses set aside, Nvidia is finally set to fully unveil its exciting new concept in less than 48 hours and we are looking forward to reporting a hands-on experience shortly.

From the company's CES webpage:

Tired of living in a 2D world? Get fully immersed in 3D with NVIDIA GeForce stereoscopic 3D technology. Come see for yourself as we transform the latest PC games into 3D, and see 3D movies and digital photographs come to life in an eye popping, interactive experience.

The NVIDIA booth is the FIRST place to see new NVIDIA custom engineered, active shutter glasses paired with the latest pure ViewSonic and Samsung 120 Hz LCDs, Mitsubishi Home Theater TVs, and DepthQ HD 3D projectors.

(article to be up on Fudzilla soon)

PerfectShot · § #2 01-06-2009, 03:54 PM

Don't shutter glasses have major side effects?

I've tried a iZ3D screen and apart from ghosting issues, it was impressive. Didn't keep it for it's small size (22") and large price tag ($700). The screen can be bought for $350 now but ghosting issues haven't been resolved as far as I know. Some people can live with it. I couldn't with the old price tag.

The Zalman screen seems to be heavily dependent on drivers from nVidia and still costs a full $700.

A cheap 3D technology that works well would be great. Will check out the article once I get off work.

Curious whether the 3D effect will double the screen size as well and give the GFX more stuff to do.

**Ryan** · § #3 01-06-2009, 04:03 PM

Can you keep a secret?

Edit: correct link: http://pcper-video.s3.amazonaws.com/...ideoReview.mp4

Full article, etc should be up on the 8th!

**Ryan** · § #4 01-06-2009, 06:14 PM

Whoops, way wrong link.

http://pcper-video.s3.amazonaws.com/...ideoReview.mp4

AuDioFreaK39 · § #5 01-06-2009, 10:58 PM

Interesting that NVIDIA decided on a $199 price point for this new technology. While I personally agree with the price, I have talked with several industry insiders who think it may be too inflated for current economic situations. Then again, the perspective that represents the mainstream population as depicted in your review seems to have no problem with it, and that is where NVIDIA has the right idea.

All in all, thanks for the insight Ryan! I will definitely be linking people to PCPerspective's Review on January 8th.

**Ryan** · § #6 01-08-2009, 06:00 AM

My full review is online: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=656

Be sure to DIGG it here too! http://digg.com/gaming_news/NVIDIA_3...ology_Detailed

joffe · § #7 01-08-2009, 06:49 AM

I have no idea what you did to this poor video to make it such but it is nothing but a gray mess in both VLC, MPC and GOM Player.

**Ryan** · § #8 01-08-2009, 06:54 AM

Wow, really? It was simply H.264 encoded as far as I can tell. Quicktime software not work on it? Unfortunately I can't make any changes on it until I get home from CES Friday....

**mmettin** · § #9 01-08-2009, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joffe

I have no idea what you did to this poor video to make it such but it is nothing but a gray mess in both VLC, MPC and GOM Player.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

Wow, really? It was simply H.264 encoded as far as I can tell. Quicktime software not work on it? Unfortunately I can't make any changes on it until I get home from CES Friday....

I had the same problem viewing the video, I updated/reinstalled quicktime and it played flawlessly

joffe · § #10 01-08-2009, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

Wow, really? It was simply H.264 encoded as far as I can tell. Quicktime software not work on it? Unfortunately I can't make any changes on it until I get home from CES Friday....

I'm never, ever installing Quicktime again on my machine. Closest I've gotten to willingly installing malware. I can't stand the application or the iTunes crap it tries to sneak in like a little trojan horse.

Between those three media players I'm able to play back anything I've come across so far, even old files that would only play in QT previously. I'm just surprised this one is a problem.

**Lenny** · § #11 01-08-2009, 10:46 AM

The video crashed my Firefox just as the Best Buy segment was starting but after I restarted Firefox it played right through. It played in QuickTime in a FireFox tab.

I just bought a Samsung LED DLP HL61A750 which I believe supports 3D. If I only had the cash for a video card upgrade (still running a 7600GT) and the glasses I'm thinking Left4Dead would be sweet on 61" in 3D

**Ryan** · § #12 01-08-2009, 10:48 AM

Okay, so at least it CAN work. Sorry about the issues, I'll update the file tomorrow if I can.

What do you guys think of the technology in general?

The glasses not the video.

Please digg our article too if you enjoyed it: http://tinyurl.com/8urpf7

**Lenny** · § #13 01-08-2009, 11:04 AM

Realistic 3D has been a long time coming. It sounds like this implementation actually works fairly well without any significant problems or physical side effects. If I had more time to game and had the cash I'd consider buying it. And I don't think the glasses look that bad either

PerfectShot · § #14 01-08-2009, 11:31 AM

Quicktime... I guess I'm stuck with it thanks to my iPod Touch (redchairsoftware.com doesn't support it yet).

I thought the volume on the video was really low. Had a Skype conversation going on at the same time and the other person couldn't pick up on the video... Maybe I missed a setting.

I'm really excited about the new tech. I always wondered why nVidia went on and on about Stereo3D on their website without providing any links.

So, you can use any screen right and get these wireless shutter glasses with little performance loss?

**Lenny** · § #15 01-08-2009, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PerfectShot

So, you can use any screen right and get these wireless shutter glasses with little performance loss?

No you need a true 120 Hz LCD or DLP TV with 3D support. If you look at the benchmarks in the article there is a frame rate hit in 3D mode.