Triplehead Stereoscopic 3d

-Deckard- · Post by **-Deckard-** » 11 Feb 2009, 01:03

Came across this the other day whilst looking into new monitors, looks promising for immersion.
The pic about 1/2 way down running the flight sim.
http://www.mtbs3d.com/cgi-bin/newsletter.cgi?news_id=69

Home page http://www.iz3d.com/

Not yet seen anything like this in the UK. :(

Post by **BHawthorne** » 11 Feb 2009, 03:38

Interesting, I wonder if they're using 2 TH2G or just 1 to achieve that.

A Small White Box · Post by **A Small White Box** » 11 Feb 2009, 06:52

http://gamerslastwill.com/2009/02/02/3d-left-4-dead-for-free-oh-yeah-heres-how/
Here is a guide on 3d for l4d. I don't have those cheap 3d glasses but as soon as I get my hands on some I will give it a shot. Apparently this method supports a ton of games, not just l4d.

RomanKory · Post by **RomanKory** » 11 Feb 2009, 07:43

Anyone try this hack yet? Looks promising!

I too don't have any 3D glasses, have to find some.

I have an old install of Vista 64 that I was getting ready to delete.
I guess I'll give this a try on that. Nothing to harm.

Post by **BHawthorne** » 11 Feb 2009, 08:19

Anyone try this hack yet? Looks promising!

I too don't have any 3D glasses, have to find some.

I have an old install of Vista 64 that I was getting ready to delete.
I guess I'll give this a try on that. Nothing to harm.

I'll know soon. I bought some red-blue clip-ons from ebay. I'll try it out once they arrive. If this does work I'm gonna be pretty happy. :D

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 11 Feb 2009, 09:22

Keep us posted...

BTW is that Lord Lucifer himself in that photo? I mean he has a NERO (of all things) necklace on so he must be from the dark side :p

A Small White Box · Post by **A Small White Box** » 11 Feb 2009, 22:08

Well, I installed all the software and it looks like it works just fine. When you enable stereoscopic in-game it reduced my FPS by about 30-40, so be prepared to drop your quality settings.

The problem is that it looks like it is default set to red/blue glasses. The superbowl glasses that I was trying to use are yellow/blue so they didn't work at all. I tried using the registry hack to change it over to yellow/blue but that did not seem to do anything. The game still looked like it was stuck on red/blue. I tested out l4d and tf2 and they both worked.

I just ordered a set of the red/blue glasses so I will report back when I receive them. I would post some of the preliminary screenshots, but the screenshots look normal. According to the site I linked, the stereoscopic technology acts outside of the frame buffer so screenshots don't capture the 3d image.

Post by **BHawthorne** » 11 Feb 2009, 22:49

You can set the color type in the nvidia control panel. Just click the Run Setup Wizard button.

A Small White Box · Post by **A Small White Box** » 12 Feb 2009, 02:56

You can set the color type in the nvidia control panel. Just click the Run Setup Wizard button.

Didn't see any color selections. It asked if I was using glasses or a monitor and the only option for glasses was red/blue.

Post by **BHawthorne** » 12 Feb 2009, 06:22

[quote]You can set the color type in the nvidia control panel. Just click the Run Setup Wizard button.

Didn't see any color selections. It asked if I was using glasses or a monitor and the only option for glasses was red/blue.

Hrrrm, wierd. You ran the registry tweaks on that page?

A Small White Box · Post by **A Small White Box** » 12 Feb 2009, 19:01

Yep, they didn't work for me. No matter, glasses should get here in a few days.

uk_james · Post by **uk_james** » 12 Feb 2009, 20:07

Sounds very very interesting!!
I'm sure i've read somewhere you can use sweet wrappers..you know which ones i mean? like ones you get in quality streets...can anyone try?

Post by **BHawthorne** » 12 Feb 2009, 23:05

I bought some clip-on red-blue lenses for my glasses for $6 on ebay. I'm hoping to have those soon. I installed the drivers and it looks to be working in the games I play. I just need the lenses/glasses.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 13 Feb 2009, 20:52

I've tried red/blue before, the 3d effect is neat but the color loss isn't.

I've been wondering if that superbowl/chuck colorcode 3d scheme was any better, even if I recorded the trailer, I don't have the glasses, no displays to distribute em in canada.

Has anyone tried that, how good/bad is it?

A Small White Box · Post by **A Small White Box** » 18 Feb 2009, 20:40

Finally received my red/blue glasses. Did a run-through on l4d, cs:s, and civ4. The 3d effect works on FPS games but it is not entirely immersive. Certain effects work perfectly in the game, such as a water fountain or when a zombie is running straight at you. Some things really don't work with anaglyph glasses, such as windows rendered in 3d and glow effects.

Cs:s gave me a headache so I only played it for a few minutes. It was far too fast paced and twitchy for me to play effectively with 3d on. Overall it looked pretty decent, but trying to get headshots with a 3d cursor and 3d target is quite difficult. Civ4 worked in 3d but since the game is mostly a top-down view, it looked very weird. I have a feeling that RTS or any sort of strategy game is not going to look good in anaglyph 3d.

Overall it works and the glasses only cost a few dollars. It is neat to play around with but I doubt I would use it extensively.

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