I’ve never been a fan of 3D TV or movies, mainly because due to a feature in my eyes I can’t view 3D movies – but I have also always felt the need to use glasses to watch TV was never going to go mainstream.
And now for what may be the first time a leading figure in game development, Ed Fries, has come straight out and stated
“After watching 3D TV fail so spectacularly the last few years, I’m a bit of a sceptic about VR,”
This is in response to the Facebook purchase of the Oculus Rift and Epic’s belief that virtual reality will become a bigger industry than smart phones.
Now I slightly agree with the Epic comment but I don’t think we are even remotely close to that moment in time yet. For the next 10 years I’m expecting VR to be a fun oddity that we are going to see at tech shows, malls and the odd rich gamers house. One day it will be awesome but only once they have full body tracking and the ability to easily walk around without hitting walls.
But I do agree with Ed Fries comment around 3D being a total failure right now. It just goes to show that even if you have billions of dollars put into a technology and more marketing than you can imagine it doesn’t mean it will actually succeed.
Do you agree?
Last Updated: April 3, 2014
MakeItLegal
April 3, 2014 at 11:37
To answer your title question – yes a big fing yes
Quentin Huggett
April 3, 2014 at 11:39
At home its a fail. At movies its awesome.
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 11:45
Only works properly for 1 in every 100 3D movies released. Rest of the time you are paying double for 3D flying title and maybe one explosion.
Also after 2 or 3 movies the 3D wow factor wears off and the blurring and flickering starts to be irritating.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:46
This! ABSOLUTELY THIS!!! The only movies that seem to benefit from 3D are CGI flicks, and… the Hobbit. Everything else is just pillaging your wallet for lolz.
Quentin Huggett
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
Every 3D movie i take my daughter too she absolutely loves.
So its a matter of opinion.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:50
Maybe your daughter just likes the fact that she’s going to a movie with her dad? I mean that in itself must be quite an experience.
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 11:56
Kids have higher tolerance of appreciating the wow factor despite the penalties paid.
The CGI kiddies movies tend to do 3D better but I must say the out of the last 3 two (Lego and Turbo) I watched with my kid the 3D was non-existent.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 12:01
Yeah, while I loved the Lego movie, the 3D was non-existent… 🙁 Pixar and Disney seem to do better with 3D, Frozen had exceptional 3D.
Rags
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
Agree, one of the failures of 3D tv is support. Also price. Gaming on the other hand is much easier to implement. Which is why the comparison is worthless(or troll bait).
Hammersteyn
April 3, 2014 at 11:41
I bought one a while back because I thought it could be the next big thing. It wasn’t that much more expensive than a normal TV and PS3 supported it.It really works well but I hate wearing the silly glasses
FoxOneZA
April 3, 2014 at 13:24
The 3D TV’s tend to be better for gaming with a quicker response time and a high refresh rate. Still worth it just for that other than 3D although Arkham City does look awesome in 3D on the PS3.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 11:45
Okay. Comparing 3D tv to VR is like comparing Mass Effect to CoD. Yes they are both games but that is where the similarities end. VR can work very well IF it comes in cheap (the main focus of the Rift) and has a viable library of proper 3D games (DayZ should suffice for me at least) oh and does not cause huge amount of VR sickness.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:48
Maybe, but let’s be honest here, VR won’t be cheap.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
They said they wanna drop it to below the $200 mark and with Facebook it is now very possible considering their V2 kit is $279. I own a Razer Black Widow so I will more than likely spend R2000 on VR. 🙂
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 11:50
The Rift dev kit is about R4000, if the can half this for mass production I think they can have a winner as a 2nd screen alternative.
Do not see VR replacing conventional screens.
Rags
April 3, 2014 at 11:50
Yes its a silly comparison! I bet a R100 Gavin will have the rift in his home, and so will many of his gamer buddies in the next 1-2 years after that. No one ever considered 3D tv to be a game changer. As a small company we are already looking into exploiting the tech for our business. 🙂
VampyreSquirrel
April 3, 2014 at 11:45
9 times out of 10 I’d rather watch a movie in 2D than 3D, especially live action movies… Animated movies have ALWAYS worked better in 3D than live action, but still, 2D rather than 3D.
3D’s a fun gimmick, much like VR, and Darryn… won’t stop me from getting a 3D TV to mess with the 3D… I don’t want VR or my own Darryn… PE can keep Darryn.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 3, 2014 at 11:54
But don’t you want the DB from PE in 3D with VR on PC?
VampyreSquirrel
April 3, 2014 at 11:56
Nah, I’ll leave that for @rincethis:disqus and Geoff
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
A lot of abbreviations you have there Emperor.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 3, 2014 at 11:58
Efficiency is my middle name.
VampyreSquirrel
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
I thought Emperor was your middle name.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 3, 2014 at 12:01
Oh, right. That explains why accuracy isn’t my middle name.
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:01
I also said that last time. But apparently it’s a title. (self made one)
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
TL;DR
Skoobaz
April 3, 2014 at 12:32
I thought it was Emperor. See? It says so right there?
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:55
Gravity looks better in 2D. I actually noticed the Milky Way in the background for the first time. I watched it twice in 3D before.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:45
Yep, it was always a gimmick. It’ll probably hang around at the cinemas for a while, because Numetro and Sterkinekor love to strong arm 3D onto the paying masses. How many movies are released as only a 3D release? Thus forcing you to watch it with those stupid glasses? Far too many… But it seems you don’t get full cinemas at release day any more, so clearly their plan to have empty cinemas because of heavily inflated prices seem to be working….
I demand we zerg rush the Bastille!!! All for one and one for OWNING!!!
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:46
Can’t agree with you Gav…sorry. Porn looks way too good on a 3D TV. Can almost smell dat ass 0_0
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:47
Smell-o-vision is the future!
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
Combined with the Wii vitality sensor. The future is here!
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:51
The Cinema has been doing that for years… unintentionally
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
Hehehehehehe! I know Canal Walk Nu Metro loves to have a lingering smell of ass and popcorn in the air.
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
I love the smell ass-corn in the morning
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:54
How exactly does our bowels produce corn…always wondered
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:56
pass 😛
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
Lol yeah too much?…Think I’ll stop now. Well HvR did bring up ass-corn first
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 11:58
only because banana jim provided the ass and popcorn
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
LOL As always nana is the primordial weird topic starter
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 11:48
0-O
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
0- 0 ….. 0 -0
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:50
In 69fps 😛
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:53
Yeah me too, though I don’t really like FLAT screen TV’s though 😉
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 12:06
LOL………………….I see this. I see it clearly…what you did there
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 11:50
Just make sure you are protected.
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:55
Yeah sometimes I turn 3D off, don’t want any ACCIDENTS happening
Norm the Horrible
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
LOLZ @ the Batman quote.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:00
I think it is the same quote for all of them. Let me see. – Yep (see pic below)
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
LMAO!!!
Hondsepop
April 3, 2014 at 11:58
nee oe jirre.
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 11:47
I don’t think it failed at all…
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:48
Hence the fact we all see in 3D anyway 😛
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
But not on a flat screen DIK! 3D 4EVA!
Norm the Horrible
April 3, 2014 at 11:51
#forever3D
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
Speaking of #forevers where is the Trev?
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:47
Don’t worry, like the expiry date of the condom in my wallet, 3D will be renewed every 10 years.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:49
3D and VR: periodic or cyclic?
oVg Errorist
April 3, 2014 at 11:53
Like the ovulation cycle of a Panda.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
Confession bear:
– Never watched 3D movie
– Never watched 3D TV (except messing around at Dion’s)
– Don’t give a tiny little rats ass about 3D
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 11:53
Hear hear.
Watched Toy Story 3 and Prometheus in 3D
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:00
Two more than I have
geelslang
April 3, 2014 at 12:10
Thats strange, dissing something before you have tried it.
I also dont like 3D but I at least I gave it a go. Avatar was ok in 3D.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:11
Not giving a rats ass and dissing something are two entirely different things.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:14
Ah, beat me to it, thanks 🙂
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:16
Salut! 07
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:17
Privet Comrade
geelslang
April 3, 2014 at 12:18
Maybe dissing was the wrong word. O well, to each its own.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:22
It just does not float my boat that’s all
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:27
If it doesn’t have a big metal hard head and a long strong shaft it generally doesn’t float your boat.
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:33
Is that what she said?
Skoobaz
April 3, 2014 at 12:36
same here
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 11:52
I’ve never been a fan of 3D
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
April 3, 2014 at 11:55
I don’t watch 3D movies. 2D is cheaper and honestly the only reason I put the glasses on for 3D movies is because it blurs otherwise. Still feels like 2D anyway…
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
April 3, 2014 at 11:53
If it is not a proper hologram then I am not going beyond normal screens. Kthx
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 11:54
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQf3m60wUgyhhktu9DbKRZ2PIvyc70ar_if1ZrwtIawdjiLxmE3
Half-Minute Hero [Umar]
April 3, 2014 at 11:55
Minority Report!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 3, 2014 at 11:54
3D needs to stop. Especially in movie theaters. It was cool for Avatar and… yeah that’s where it stopped being cool.
VR I think will have a better foot hold though. I reckon Oculus will go far
Rikus
April 3, 2014 at 11:55
I am actually a fan of 3D movies. Yeah, I’ve said that.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
I… But… Really?
Rikus
April 3, 2014 at 12:03
Yeah. Like @JimLenoir:disqus said, some movies’ 3D is really well done (especially animations). I actually flinched in the new Captain America movie when he threw his shied towards the screen. That is 3D done well.
But I do agree, some movies only has 3D for the sake of being promoted as a 3D movie.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
April 3, 2014 at 12:04
Ok well… I’m surprised to see peeps that enjoy it. Cool though. I find I just get headaches. Have a lazy eye so it don’t end so well for me
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 12:05
That shield scene was intense, also what an awesome Captain America flick! I’m not a fan of the Cap, but damn… that movie was cool. I want it on bluray. No, I need it on bluray!
Rikus
April 3, 2014 at 12:07
Agreed! The second movie was a significant improvement on the first. I am also not the biggest Cap’ fan, but the second movie really made me change my mind. Also a buy on bluray for me.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 11:58
It works perfectly for anything produced by Disney or Pixar, but I recently suffered through 300 rise of an empire… holy crap what a shit movie…
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
Crap movie in 2D won’t be much better in 3D. 😛
Norm the Horrible
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
Just cheaper…
=D
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:02
Good thing I didn’t watch TDKR in 3D then.
Milesh Bhana
April 3, 2014 at 11:56
it really is a pity that this didn’t catch on. I have a passive 3D TV, so I don’t really have an issue with the glasses (the ones from the cinema work on my TV). So they’re pretty inexpensive, and i don’t need to remember to charge them.
some of the 3D Blu-Rays have been excellent. And I cannot tell you how cool it was watching the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special in 3D.
For gaming (most of the PS3 HD collections had 3D support), I found that it hurt my eyes. That said, Super Stardust HD played in 3D was really something to behold.
I do think that now the most modern TVs have the feature, it’ll become more mainsteam if DSTV starts broadcasting stuff in 3D.
Rikus
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
Agree
Skyblue
April 3, 2014 at 12:39
Agreed. Some titles built from the ground up are breathtaking in 3D and do add significantly to the immersion of the experience. PS3 Motorstorm Apocalypse and PC’s Crysis 3 being fantastic examples but almost everybody I know with a 3d tv (myself included) never uses the tech except to demonstrate it.
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:39
Hope DSTV will first start broadcasting in 1080p
Skoobaz
April 3, 2014 at 12:39
3D Rugga!
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:41
With everybody on the left or right of the room ducking every time Fourie performs a lineout throw in.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 3, 2014 at 11:57
Yes. 3D TV is even more of a gimmick than VR right now.
DBL_ZA
April 3, 2014 at 11:59
Like the concept of 3D but not the reality. Reality just leaves me with a headache and a deeper hole in my pocket for a movie that usually only has 2 or 3 3D scenes anyway.
As for walking around without hitting walls, the Omni is nice, but at R5k upwards not very financially viable for most people. That plus an Oculus would be serious fun though.
For reference: http://www.virtuix.com/
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:00
Honestly, I’m neither for nor against 3D. I don’t think it’s the worst thing in the world and, for some movies, it definitely adds to the immersion experienced in cinema. At home? Well I don’t have a 3D TV, but I have been to a friend’s place who has a really good 3D TV… And I wasn’t impressed. It most definitely ain’t like at the cinema. And, for me, that would be the whole point – to have that ‘cinema experience’ at home. If it isn’t the same, then it ain’t worth it.
So 3D TV, I would say, is a fail. But 3D cinema is still a viable, and sometimes awesome, alternative.
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 12:02
Yeah but with your 7.1 3D surround sound it makes up for it *RUNS
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:08
FRIENDS place… Not mine… You ass!! :p **searches for Rambo knife**
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 12:12
That’s the second time you want to pull your knife on me 0-O Something to confess?
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:14
It wants wear the Rince like a ginger winter coat.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:15
LOL
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 12:15
It rubs the lotion in? 0-O
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:21
I’m a mass serial killer…?
Oh damn it… Now see what you did there? Now I’m going to have to hunt down everyone who reads this blog to cover my tracks…
**sigh** It’s gonna be a busy few days…
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:21
Good luck finding me, hiding behind the boerewors gordyn.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:22
Hold the phone, I thought you are BOTH from the cape?
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:24
We are, but living behind the boerewors gordyn refers to a specific type of people living in the northern suburbs.
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:26
Both in CPT… But 1 North and 1 South – may as well live in different countries… Us Cape folks don’t like to mingle too much. 😉 🙂
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:31
But Admiral should also know that to everyone living in Cape Town anyone residing on the other side of the Du Toit’s mountains practically lives in Jo-Burg.
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:57
Of course… I thought everyone knew that.
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:25
Dude, what you talking about? I’m outside your place every evening…
Oh wait… Damn it, I’ve done it again! Ok, what I meant to say was that I am in no way parked outside your place every evening… And that car that is always parked under the tree just other side your house is definitely not me…
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:25
*dials security
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:26
**already cut the line**
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:28
SHEEEET!
You know how paranoid us northies are in our security estates. This doesn’t help.
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:29
Jammer man… 🙂 I’ll ask a friend to reconnect you – he usually helps me when I have to bypass security, so I’m sure he can do it the other way around too.
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 12:28
Cheater!
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:29
Oh I’ll always stalk you too… Make a point of it every night…
Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha… **cough**
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:29
Guess who is with you on the same side of the boerewors gordyn.
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:33
Yea yea.
Putting together an army here.
Rince
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
But I didn’t read this! Oh, FUCK.
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:03
I must say, that operation scene in Prometheus had me cringing when watched in 3D
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:10
I must say … watching Prometheus as a whole made me cringe. I suppose going in expecting it to be good was a bad idea.
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:21
It wasn’t THAT bad. It was a masterpiece compared to AVP and AVP2
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
AvP games were GOLD
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:25
I spent so many hours LAN’ing that survive mode in the first one. Such good memories.
Revisited it a few years back. Did not expect it to look that outdated.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:26
Yeah that’s why I enjoy the ME3 multiplayer. Its pretty much a ME reskinned AVP survival mode 🙂
Jedi JJ
April 3, 2014 at 12:32
For the first time someone has made me really amped to try ME now.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:34
Rubs Hands.
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:33
only the first one
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
Actually I expected AVP to be bad therefore I enjoyed it as a violent action packed romp. Like knowing the expendables will have no determinable story but loads of guns and old famous actors with loads of corny jokes actually makes it okay to watch.
CAE9872
April 3, 2014 at 20:29
I liked the AvP movie…
HvR
April 3, 2014 at 12:04
I found the “3D effect” really diminishes if the screen doesn’t fill your complete field of vision.
Sitting in the middle to front of the cinema give the proper immersion (if it is properly implemented in the movie) feel while sitting in the back or on a TV it is like watching a moving pop up book.
Rock789
April 3, 2014 at 12:10
Totally agree. The 3D effect on a TV just feels… Wrong. Like your eyes know the picture is lying and they’re trying to show you the truth.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 3, 2014 at 12:01
Check out the 3D on this baby!
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:02
TEH LOLZ!
Norm the Horrible
April 3, 2014 at 12:03
Memories!
Mathias
April 3, 2014 at 12:07
3D will go away the same way it did 20 years ago, and next time they’ll try to make people buy this gimmick once again.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
April 3, 2014 at 12:08
I have a 3D TV..and I love it. Try Trine 2 in 3D on PsS, or Legends of the Guardians 3D Blu-Ray..and you’ll be a convert.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
*thinks Geoff gets paid HUUUGE bucks*
Johan du Preez
April 3, 2014 at 13:24
I got a 51″ 3d tv last week on special for R6k and also really loving it. Watched Star Trek last night on 3d and what a pleasure.
Mike De Fleuriot
April 3, 2014 at 12:23
Used to be movies were about content, now that seems not to be the case.
Kromas
April 3, 2014 at 12:25
If you want content these days go to Cinema Neavou or whatever its called. 🙂
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 12:27
Or the Labia on Kloof
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
April 3, 2014 at 12:25
I don’t know hey, the 70s, 80s and 90s also had flicks with very little meat on their bones. And then when you look at 60s cinema with all those spaghetti westerns, the only constant seems to be “Hollywood loves bad movies”, or at least the masses love braindead cinema.
Joe Black
April 3, 2014 at 12:24
Absolutely. Over it. Could have been a niche market thing at least, but manufacturers tried to corner it with too much proprietary bs.
hairyknees
April 3, 2014 at 12:26
Agreed. 3D can go die in a hole.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:28
Up for some dotas tonight?
hairyknees
April 3, 2014 at 12:29
WHAT! ARE YOU NOT TROLLING ME?! 😛
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:30
death on the auraxis (dota)
Auraxis the planet that you play Planetside 2 on…
So no, not trolling
hairyknees
April 3, 2014 at 12:31
MY MIND CANNOT COMPREHEND THIS! 😛
I have to drop a friend at the airport at around 21:15, but after this? Like 21:45? Or is that too late maybe?
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:56
Sure, you do know I’m referring to Planetside 2?
hairyknees
April 3, 2014 at 12:57
I know 🙁 you break my teeny tiny heart!
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 13:00
Dawwwwww
*goes off to install Dota*
I have to heal that teeny tiny heart!!!
hairyknees
April 3, 2014 at 13:01
Its ok, this made my day so much better!
Matthew Holliday
April 3, 2014 at 12:50
Count me in, if theres space.
Fig and Tosh(i think, cant keep up with the disqus and steam name changes) have me on steam.
Admiral Chief Railjack
April 3, 2014 at 12:56
Sure thing, I’m on the Cobalt Server, playing mostly NC faction.
(see comment to matty below if you don’t understand)
Willem Swanepoel
April 3, 2014 at 17:24
Do we have a steam group ?
Please let me know, I want to join that group 😉
fred
April 3, 2014 at 12:46
Must say , Trine 2 on ps4 in 3D looked amazing to me.
Maxiviper117
April 3, 2014 at 12:49
Ya but, Oculus Rift VR 3D with the picture filling almost your entire view, would be quite different from viewing 3D out of a Flat Window (3D TV)
brad coetzee
April 3, 2014 at 13:11
Companies investing in this tech are trying to achieve a hundred percent immersion. What they don’t realise is that people don’t want to be fully immersed. Sub-conciously they still want and need a degree of situational awareness. You want to know if someone is sneaking up on you or trying to climb through the bathroom window. That is why you headphones are never full volume or one phone is off your ear etc………its primal.
damn im talking so much kak.
Rags
April 3, 2014 at 13:16
Well, at least you are right on one point 🙂
fred
April 3, 2014 at 14:25
True , we don’t want to be in kak in case the wife calls us.
CypherGate
April 3, 2014 at 14:25
What i found annoying with 3D in general is that if an image moves too fast or is too complex then you get like a whole lot of screen tearing type thing going on. Its annoying. If anyone has watched the movie called “Her” was released last year. The way they show gaming in there looks so much fun. Great movie by the way.
errol
April 3, 2014 at 14:43
“For the next 10 years I’m expecting VR to be a fun oddity”
Lol, it has been a fun oddity for the past 20 years, what is going to change in the next 10 years?
I have an 18 or 20 year old VR headset, full 320×240 res, with head tracking and stereo headphones. Wow. Descent 2 is killer on it(aka barf-a-thon).
Resolution might have gone up, but nothing else has changed, not in hardware nor adoption. There is no hardware standard for VR interfaces and each VR headset must have support specifically programmed into each game.
Johan du Preez
April 3, 2014 at 16:07
I went to the UK and had the pleasure to watch 3d HFR (High Frame Rate) 48fps and it was amazing. The quality was as good if not better than 1080p. I would recommend anyone atleast trying to watch a hfr 3d movie. The headaches everything is gone its like a pure orgasm for your eyes.
Blandly Urbane
April 3, 2014 at 16:35
Yes
Eurpapi
April 3, 2014 at 19:32
4K TVs can put out 1080p 3D content using passive glasses. This gives you better resolution without issues from active 3D glasses like eye fatigue and strain. I think 3D failed with 1080p TVs, it has a shot with 4K but most people aren’t willing to embrace it or advertise it anymore.
Markus Swanepoel
April 4, 2014 at 07:41
I don’t see that 3D TV failed. It is just an extra feature – that will become standard – to an TV that people raved about for a little bit. In 2-4 years no one will go “Oooh, you have a 3D TV”.
Virtual Reality will only be a success if it anything like the game in “Her” (The movie)