Blu-ray 3D Specification Finalized, is PS3 Ready

[micky_lund]

mad. finally, 1080p is becoming normal, and not just for the 'enthusiast' class

 

[Guest]

Sorry to burst the 'glasses are req' theory but they are absolutely NOT. A good camera with head tracking software (ala project natal type thing) can provide a 3d effect. Not quite the same granted but still 3d.

 

[jalek]

"I'm against it, because I don't want it". Just don't buy it then.
No wonder the country's gone to hell..

 

[Manos]

lol No way Im gonna change and upgrade my new home cinema cause of this which will be useless and pointless for another good few years.

 

[hakesterman]

The only way you can get the special effects of objects comming right up to your face or moving across the room is with 3D glasses. Yes, you can make Tv alittle more glamorous by implementing 3d into the TV but your always going to need the glasses to have the mind blowing expierance of a true 3D movie. I see they have created afew imax 3D films but i think Hollywood could do alot better. Avitar should be a 3D glasses movie and it's not. I am still waiting on that 3D terminator movie i was promised back in the early to mid 90's, Where did it go???? They could really go over the top with it, but nobody seems to want to take the financial risk involved, somebody has to step up to the plate sooner or later.

 

[reasonablevoice]

Eventually we will have devices that will do 3d without need for glasses. It will be in our lifetimes. This is not that though, and with needs for special sets, special players, and special glasses it will never achieve wide penetration in the home sector.

Who wants to put on glasses just to watch a movie? Anyway, I saw Up and some other movie in 3d at the cinema, I wasn't impressed.

 

[anamaniac]

I wouldn't mind having all modern games in 3D. Don't care as much for movies though.

Be nice if 120-240Hz LCD's and GPU's that support those frequncies were more common (AMD has a lack of support on anything over 60Hz, and 120Hz LCD's are quite expensive).
You'd think CrossFire/SLI would be perfect for 3D though... 60FPS for the left eye, 60FPS for the right eye, each eye gets an independant card.

 

[PLATTERMAN]

Gimmick, i have 3D now we all do its called real life. If its viewed on a flat surface its a altered state of visuals/graphics, like a trip on shrooms or LSD. Spare me the gimmicks and the resuling headaches.

 

[Guest]

I have an IZ3D monitor and i find it hard to play games in 2d now 😛

 

[bad_code]

I am going to assume that they use polarized glasses to make it 3D. Shutter glasses require you to provide power to them and they seem to be very expensive. I've seen the polarized 3D at Disney. It was amazing. I don't think I'd be into this if the glasses are $200+ shutter glasses. I'd give it about 3-5 years before adapting the technology. I know Disney is going to support 3D movies for home viewing using this standard. That's why they have no 3D movies for the home but many of their movies are 3D at the theater.

 

[kosmega]

[citation][nom]omnimodis78[/nom]The 3D glasses will always be needed so long as the image is projected iin 2D on a flat surface (i.e. your monitor's panel), and the 3D effect is an illusion by the process of fooling your eyes (brain) into thinking that it's seeing something three dimensional. The only way to get beyond the glasses is to look at holographics. That's the only real 3D technology I would praise. This is just another reason to get noobs to buy new stuff and waste their hard earned money. Cheers![/citation]

There are even technologies that don't require you to wear anything and are not based in holography either. I've seen a couple of displays demoing some 3D-graphics in a local computer shop and in close inspection they looked like having an 'interference grill' in front of them. Now it comes to mind another technique I saw some years ago that is based on a 'prism cover' that consists of many vertical prism-stripes that are placed on top of an LCD screen in alignment with the screens dots, so you vertically interlace your 2 images and the prisms deliver each vertical scan-line to the respective eye. It had narrow viewing angles though...

 

[NivenFres]

This kind of stuff has always sucked for me, since I don't have 3d vision to begin with. My eyes don't align right, so I basically am left with a dominant eye. I've even had surgery to correct it, but it didn't help restoring the 3d or depth perception. I keep seeing movie producers talk about making movies entirely in 3d, which worries me. Traditionally if I watch a 3d movie, even with the glasses on, I still see both of the stereoscopic images, since I basically am just seeing out of one eye. So while I think this technology is really cool, I hope it is not exclusive.

 

[techguy911]

This type of 3d is better no glasses but MUCH more expensive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deoOTqT-SMI&feature=related

 

[Guest]

I know 2 years ago when DLP TV's were still very prevalent that all the Samsung DLP's were marketing 3D ready. So people still hanging on to this technology may be in for a upgrade-free treat. From what i understand, todays TVs-or better put, last years 120hz TV's wont cut it. I'm not going to drop another $2K for some cool visuals for the kids. sorry kids

 

[jellico]

[citation][nom]NivenFres[/nom]This kind of stuff has always sucked for me, since I don't have 3d vision to begin with. My eyes don't align right, so I basically am left with a dominant eye. I've even had surgery to correct it, but it didn't help restoring the 3d or depth perception. I keep seeing movie producers talk about making movies entirely in 3d, which worries me. Traditionally if I watch a 3d movie, even with the glasses on, I still see both of the stereoscopic images, since I basically am just seeing out of one eye. So while I think this technology is really cool, I hope it is not exclusive.[/citation]
I wouldn't worry about it. They can always make a normal 2D movie even if the movie is "shot in 3D". All that really means is that the movies are done with a sort of parallax camera setup (effectively, two cameras right next to each other to shoot the same scene from slightly different angles... it's replicates how our eyes work).

So, you can easily make a 2D copy of the movie by just using a single camera view. Believe me, there are plenty of people out there with "normal" eyesight who don't want to watch movies in 3D. A lot of people get vertigo and/or nauseated when they watch stuff like that.

 

[Guest]

I encourage all of you to look here:

http://spatialview.com/en

 

[antilycus]

thanks the gods that I refuse to buy anything new when it comes to the entertainment industry since all they do is screw consumers left and right. I bet the people that spent thousands this holiday for a new 1080p led tv and a blu-ray player will love the fact that by next xmas they'll wish they waited another yet. just like the people that bought a plasma 1080p tv last year and an hd-dvd player. or maybe the people before that that bought a dvi 1080i tv the year before that to get rolled by the entertainmenet industry again. No wonder people steal shit.

 

[jags_boy7]

[citation][nom]gorehound[/nom]I still have to say that blu-ray is one big greedbag ripoff.do the work and you will find out on the net how much it costs to manufacture these compared to DVD.Then ask yourself why they charge us $10 and more per disc over DVD cost.And as far as this whole 3D goes you will be wearing glasses to enjoy it and that is if it is even enjoyable which for me it won't since I already have to wear glasses and since I am 54 and have already tried #d with glasses.hell they have had this since i was a child in the 1960's.[/citation]
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Not to sound like a troll... but your crappy 1960's version featured headache inducing red/blue glasses. I for one will give it a chance to prove to me that it is better than watching a movie in regular 1080p 2D. This shall begin with watching Avatar in 3-D tonight!

 

[Guest]

This technology has been around for a couple years. Mitsubishi introduced it. It was only available on DLP's, because LCD and plasma didn't have the refresh rate required (min 120 hz). Samsung and Mitsubishi were the only ones involved, then Samsung dropped it's DLP line. Now that technology has caught up, it's possible in all HD formats now. PROBLEM. You need either a bad ass gaming computer or media server, both available online for $1000-$2000 AND the glasses kit for another $200. Bottom line - this technology is real, good, and well designed.