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So what's MS plans for 3D gaming? is 360 even capable of this? There havent been any games demoed and no one talks about what MS is doing.
So what's MS plans for 3D gaming? is 360 even capable of this? There havent been any games demoed and no one talks about what MS is doing.
EDIT: On gaming front...
Q&A with Blitz CTO on 3D:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...r_On_Why_3D_Gaming_Is_Inevitable.php#comments
"What method is Sony going with?
There's this new mode that they've created and put backwards into the PlayStation 3, allowing you to have pretty much any resolution or multiple resolutions -- the obvious one being 1280 and 720 doubled -- so you can get a game running at 60 frames per second with two frame buffers, so the TV will run it at 120 and alternate."
Eh? Well it's 60 frames from one framebuffer, so I'm not sure what he's saying there.
As of January 27th, Samsung is officially producing three dimensional panels in forty, forty-six and fifty-five inch class sizes for both their LCD and LED backlit televisions. The televisions made will all be compatible with “3D Active Glasses” that feature active shutter technology.
All the new displays will be 240Hz to provide smooth motion and a 3D picture, but Samsung has lowered response time as well. The new Samsung panels are twenty percent faster, bringing the response time down to less than 4ms.
I'm confused by this. At 240Hz, a pixel will only be set to a given value for approximately 4ms. If there's a 0ms response time, that changes are instantaneous, you will see each frame for 1/250th of a second, 4ms. Now if a pixel takes 2 ms to change, you'll see half the frame the pixel changing, and half the time the actual pixel value it's supposed to be showing. At 4ms, surely the LCD is spending all its time changing and never really reaches the value it's supposed to display.The new Samsung panels are twenty percent faster, bringing the response time down to less than 4ms.
I'm confused by this. At 240Hz, a pixel will only be set to a given value for approximately 4ms. If there's a 0ms response time, that changes are instantaneous, you will see each frame for 1/250th of a second, 4ms. Now if a pixel takes 2 ms to change, you'll see half the frame the pixel changing, and half the time the actual pixel value it's supposed to be showing. At 4ms, surely the LCD is spending all its time changing and never really reaches the value it's supposed to display.
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I'd hope they'd turn the backlight off for those 2 msec.Now if a pixel takes 2 ms to change, you'll see half the frame the pixel changing, and half the time the actual pixel value it's supposed to be showing.
already a few of Samsung's new 2010 Blu-ray players (all featuring Internet@TV and Samsung Apps features) have popped up for preorders on Amazon, including the 3D playing BD-C6900. The company just announced 240HZ 3D LCDs have begun mass production and isn't waiting for the competition before diving in, issuing the first price we've seen for one of the new players at a penny shy of $400.
Update: Whoops, and now they're gone, disappearing from Amazon as quickly as they came. Will that pricing information stick? We'll wait for an official announcement
EA Sports boss Peter Moore says he's keeping a close eye on 3D gaming, but while it's a new priority for Sony it's not yet one for his division.
"Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit up and take notice," he told GamesIndustry.biz at a FIFA event yesterday in London. "But believe me there's nothing going on right now that would say I'm ready to demo a 3D sports game. Nothing at all."
andrewf@nVidia said:Hi All
Mass Effect 2 is a game that needs some TLC from the developer. We are working with them to see what we can do in a patch.
Like me, arriving next week! A wait for an affordable 3D TV would be year at least probably, but I want to watch my BRDs in comfort now.This time round, Sony gets an easier break because the entire 3D industry is aligned. However many consumers have just bought HDTVs.