Sony teases 3D PS3 tech at CES

Some lucky guy playing g Gran Turismo 5 in 2160p and in 3D

lucky fat guy

Yes, because it's impossible for them to make them a different shape.

Why would you even think that something like eyeglass shape was set in stone? This is the very same polarized eyeglass technology that 3d movie theatres have been using for years.

I've seen another photo from CES where a different type of glasses were being used and the guy had them over his pair - looked ok (well as ok as you can look with these things)

Crap, I've been reading about this and getting excited and then you remind me of that. :( 3D won't look too impressive (in fact, it would be blurry and disorienting) if you can't actually see the screen...

I love sony and the PS3, but lets be realistic, if they agree to do this, then the developers would need to also accept the challenge, and then have to wait for them as well, so it wont be in 2009, but 2010 or 2011 more likely, also it would be more affordable for the majority. but i sure do hope im wrong

Maybe developers wouldn't have to change so much of their games to use this. I mean, they already use 3D models, all that's different is a few changes to the renderer and 3D hardware.

Actually no, it's a normal TV like any other. The 3D technology is not the polarization technique used by for example IMAX, but one that is much simpler to implement for home use.

Basically, the frames alternate between left-eye pictures and right-eye pictures. An IR emitter connected to the playback device sends out a signal synchronized with the framerate. The glasses you wear detect the signal, and the glass covering the eye that should not see the current picture turns black.

When the frames alternate back and forth like this maybe 60 times per second, your brain is fooled into thinking it is seeing a 3D picture.

I have seen several movies using this technique at my local theatre (A Nightmare Before Christmas, Meet the Robinsons and Beowulf to name a few) - and the 3D effect is 100% perfect! The only thing that's better with the polarized IMAX stuff is that the picture tends to be a bit brighter and smoother - but I can't say I care about that when we could all get real 3D gaming and BD movies on our HDTVs very soon, with nothing more than a PS3 firmware update, a cheap USB IR emitter thingy and some IR 3D goggles...

Please, Sony! This IS the direction to move in!

This is nothing new. ASUS V7700 had it, and it was based on GeForce 2. (There may have been other cards using this tech, but I actually owned ASUS V7700 so I know for certain that it did) The only difference was that the glasses provided with ASUS had to be connected by cable to the card and you looked like a dork in them.

No, that would be Wipeout....

ya, to non-gamers playing vdo games already make us all look like nerds anyway. who cares if those glasses would make us look like dorks. and by the way I could wear those 3d glasses on top of my regular glasses no problem (at least in a dark theater there wasn't any problem.

No, he's just very happy to see you.