Ubisoft's Avatar game: '3D' mode optional, requires 'special' TV
by Randy Nelson 
on Jun 3rd 2008 8:25PM
Playing the game based on
Terminator and
Titanic director
James Cameron's next big thing,
Avatar,
in full 3D sure sounded like a
neat idea. After all, the movie itself is being shot to take advantage of the growing number of digital 3D cinemas popping up across the globe. Leave it to
Ubisoft prez
Yves Guillemot to get us all un-jazzed by revealing to
GamesIndustry.biz that the game will only be playable in 3D on certain HDTVs.
According to Guillemot, the technology used to 3D-ify Ubi's
Avatar game has been designed only for "a specific TV" and glasses that work with it. He goes on to say that the display is already available in the US. Could
these TVs and
these glasses be what he's referring to?
So ... no new TV, no
Avatar 3D. Bummer. Though Guillemot has confirmed that the game will be playable in
one less "D" on that nice, big
old style HDTV you just spent your economic stimulus check on.
