Widescreen Gaming Forum

Well here it is...

3D Surround Gaming

After spending more than a week to make this possible it's finally live!!!!
As it is said on the website is still a prototype as I am still experimenting various things.

WHY THIS... ?

... Because of the lack of content !

There isn't any website to stream 3D Videos in Surround resolutions...That's right!!! SURROUND resolutions in stereoscopic 3D,
mainly since it is considered a "niche" market and it also requires a lot of storage space to "hold" a video.

For the last couple of weeks I have tried everything:
- YouTube support 3D Videos up to 720p in Full resolution Stereo3D.
- YouTube's re-encoding sometimes provides poor results.
- YouTube cannot process resolutions higher than 4096 and therefore no 3D Surround.
- 3DVisionLive offers support for maximum 1Gb filesize, 5 minutes length and the usual 720p resolution.
- I have tried a couple of other websites with no success to load and view even a single monitor 3D Video.

Supported view modes
- Single Monitor 2D: Fit whole image to screen or display only the center screen (which is what you would normally see when playing on a single monitor)
- Single Monitor Stereo3D using 3D Vision: Fit whole image to screen or display only the center screen (which is what you would normally see when playing on a single monitor)
- Multi-monitor 2D: by pressing F11 and setting the browser fullscreen
- Multi-monitor Stereo3D - nVidia 3D Vision Surrond: By pressing F11 and setting the browser fullscreen while using Firefox)

Things to consider a.k.a Limitations
- Don't attempt to view the videos using a non broadband connection. (playback will suffer from stuttering.)
- A good broadband is required for this.
- Don't use Internet Explorer as it does not support HTML5 video playback properly. Use Chrome for 2D playback or Firefox for 3D Playback (as per nVidia specifications)

The website is hosted on a "shared" Bluehost server.
Video Playback might also stutter due to server load at peak times. Putting the video on "Pause" for a while might help with in providing a better playback experience.


So...try it and let me know what you think:)
Currently only one video is present for Metro - Last Light, recorded in 3D Vision Surround.

Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Updates:

- Videos can now be displayed in Surround 2D on one monitor (fit to screen mode)
- It can also be seen in true Surround/Eyefinity resolution by putting the browser in FullScreen on a setup with 3 screens.
- Whole 3D surround resolution can be seen on one screen with 3D Vision (fit to screen mode)
- 3D Surround can be seen at native resolution putting the browser in FullScreen on a setup with 3 3D screens and 3D Vision support.
- Support for displaying only the center Screen has been maintained for both 2D and 3D.
- Added various other information points (Like how many videos are in the playlist, etc)

The plan would be to try to provide more videos like these in terms of quality/resolutions.

I am looking forward for any feedback you can give me and I really hope you enjoy the website as much as I enjoyed creating it and most importantly sharing videos (even if at the moment only 1 exists).


Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Awesome! Great idea!

But i had a few problems with the Player. using Firefox 21 and win7. You cant seek by directly clicking into the bar. you have to pull it to i.e 2:45 to get it starting from there. And when i switch from Triple Monitor to "Center monitor view" (by unchecking the box ^^ ) the video pauses.... maybe i should have waited for more than 10 seconds.... but when i pressed the pause button (yes not play! pause) it worked without lag (and still showed pause button!)


But the quality is not yet 5760*1080 is it ?


By searching for video hosters, did you find any that support 5760*1080 resolution in 2D ?

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We gonna send it to outa space!

Yes I am aware of some issues in Firefox...I am looking to see why this happens actually...as I dont get this problem in Chrome... (The seek bar.)
When you change the view the Buffering part should appear... and playback should resume automatically... I didn't see this one yet hehehe:)))

The video was originally 7968x800 (3984(left)x3984(right)x800 ).. For testing purposes I scaled to half (was having some issues with 3D rendering) which I just fixed. So I will re-load the movie at the original captured resolution from the game.

Technically I can upload videos of 10kx10k or any size. the problem is streaming it. As you probably saw, I split the movie into 4 parts to feed it faster to different persons. Chances are more people are watching in the same time and now this will not be the same file;)) I still don't know if I should keep this...or just feed one big file. By big I mean around 2gb file.

The answer is no, 4096 was the biggest one I could find.. This is even funny... I used Hybrid Front-End to convert the video (for alot of technical reasons which I dont get into) and even the front end was capped at 4096:)) The developer was very nice and provided an updated version for me in just a couple of hours;)) This video is encoded with the "non-fixed" version

I will probably upload full resolution videos now ...that means 7968x800 and 10460x1050 Since I render the full 3D video file. I just hide one "eye" in 2D.

Any other feedback is highly appreciated:)

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Updates

I have updated Metro Last Light 3D Surround movie clip and now it is displayed at full side-by-side resolution (Total Resolution: 7968x800; Per Eye Resolution: 3984x800).
Technically it should provide double the resolution on width and twice the quality.

Let me know if you experience any problems playing the movies of if you find the quality good /bad.

Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Updates

First of all thank you all for the support and votes.
Added a new 3D Surround Video of Metro 2033 to complete the franchise.
Also I have added a new poll for future videos:) I you have the time please vote on it;)) so I will know where the next video should "take place".

Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Update:

- Made various updates to the webpage.
(Added more information in the TIPS section; Added an Update History section; Various cosmetic changes to help navigation)

- Based on the votes I added the first video from the "Mass Effect series"
(from Mass Effect 1) in glorious 3D Surround.

Thank you very much for all the support so far!
I know the site is not yet very popular, but you can help it become by "Recommending" it if you feel like it.
Also, if you have any feedback regarding the site, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Update:

- Just finished recording and publishing Mass Effect 2 in 3D Surround. For the "fun of it" I have recorded 48 minutes of the "Lair of the Shadow Broker" DLC since I know is among the most popular content in the game.
Mass Effect 3 in 3D Surround will be coming up:) in the following days.

Don't forget to check it out at: 3D Surround Gaming Gallery !!! and also vote for the next series.
If you enjoy the site or you have any feedback, please let me know;)) (You can contact me directly or you can post here)

Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Update:

• Mass Effect 3 in 3D Surround is now live on 3D Surround Gaming Gallery
• I also decided to make a video for Mass Effect 3 in Multiplayeras a bonus video since it is also a very interesting topic and actually half the game. (It will be online a bit later)

Thank you all for the shown support and for voting on the poll.

- By popular demand, the next series that will be recorded in glorious 3D Surround is Dead Space!!!!
- A new poll has been created for the next series (after Dead Space). Please vote your future favorite;))


Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]

Update:

• Mass Effect 3 in 3D Surround is now live on 3D Surround Gaming Gallery
• Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer (Bonus) in 3D Surround is now live on 3D Surround Gaming Gallery. This is a bonus as I figured some people will actually be interested in Multiplayer more than Singleplayer.

Thank you all for the shown support and for voting on the poll.

- By popular demand, the next series that will be recorded in glorious 3D Surround is Dead Space!!!!
- A new poll has been created for the next series (after Dead Space). Please vote your future favorite;))


Best Regards,
Helifax

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WideScreen Fixer... Fixes your Surround problems to give a gorgeous 3D Surround Experience!
WideScreen Fixer

Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

E-mail and Paypal (for people who wants it): [email protected]