Posts Tagged ‘3d game’

Last month Nvidia demonstrated 3D video streaming live over the Internet and their website mentions the upcoming launch of a 3D Vision Video Channel all based on using a NVIDIA® 3D Vision PC, Microsoft Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming technology. The demonstration during a press conference at Computex streamed the music video of “We Are the World” in 3D .

“We’ve been collaborating with Microsoft to enable 3D in an Internet browser so that it’s very simple to use,” said Phil Eisler, General Manager of 3D Vision technology at NVIDIA. “Just click on a 3D video and it plays in 3D, using the latest 3D Vision Silverlight-based video player and NVIDIA 3D Vision. Internet users can now enjoy 3D video content streamed in high-definition (HD) quality and viewed at full resolution. This is another great benefit of having a 3D PC.”

To take advantage of this technology, consumers will need an NVIDIA 3D Vision-based desktop or notebook PC equipped with the latest 3D Vision drivers and the Silverlight browser plug-in. Once these are installed, consumers can then navigate to any Web site hosting 3D Vision-based content.

Stereo 3D Movies, trailers, sports and in fact any form of 3D video can now be hosted and streamed over the Internet to a growing market of 3D enabled PCs. If the audio-visual quality of the streaming 3d video is comparable to Vimeo HD streams then the potential for 3d content creators is fantastic. Being able to create and deploy your own good quality 3d video content without the hefty requirements of 3d Blu-ray authoring, production and distribution is really appealing, and potentailly profitable via sponsoship/advertising deals or by subscription if the content is of a commercial level.

“Customers have a peaked interest in 3D entertainment experiences, and Microsoft is looking forward to working with NVIDIA to bring these experiences to users through their PCs,” said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Division at Microsoft Corp. “Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming together deliver the highest quality HD video experiences over the Web and, with NVIDIA 3D Vision, will now provide consumers with a way to watch their favourite movies, sporting events, music videos and more, all in 3D from their own computer.”

For more details check out the Nvidia site.

It’s been widely reported that the highly anticipated Stereo 3D update for Playstation 3 will be with us in the next week or so and PSN in Asia is releasing a Stereo 3D enhanced version of the catapulting game Pain this coming week. The game add-on consists of 2 new game modes, “Alien Toss” and “Ice Breaker”, and aparently the other modes will get a patch to display in S3D too.

Sony’s has just launched the much discussed OS update for the Playstation 3 to make it compatible with forthcoming stereoscopic 3D games and Sony’s range of 3D Bravia TVs.

Updates to the PS3 OS to version 3.30, made available yesterday will allow gamers to play the next generation of stereoscopic 3D games, which will  become available over the coming months and will compliment the launch of Sony’s new range of 3D TVs. Initial reaction to demo versions of Little Big Planet and MotorStorm Pacific Rift has been overwelmingly positive.

To coincide with the launch of its new 3D Bravia television sets this summer in the US, Sony is to release several  stereoscopic 3D PS3 titles for downlaod via the PlayStation Network.

US consumders who purchase a 3D Bravia set  will be given a voucher code that can be used to download four free titles including WipeOut HD in 3D!

Nintendo has announed that it’s next generation handheld console will be a stereoscopic gaming system. The new Nintendo DS will be out later this year and will deliver a stereo 3d gaming experience without the need for any 3D glasses. It’s assumed this will use a lenticular style screen to create 3d effects not disimilar to the Fujifilm FinePix W1 camera.

It’s not confirmed at this point but it would make sense that Nintendo’s device will include a stereoscopic camera, if not in this first generation 3DS then in future versions that will brind simple stereoscopic photography to a whole new market. The potential for 3D imagery and video playback alongside the unparalelled gaming experience that Nintendo always deliver will surely make this machine a must have gadget!

Geforce 3D Glasses

Having just taken delivery of my spanky new NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Glasses and stunning Samsung 22″ 3D enabled monitor I stumbled at the first hurdle… Windows XP. Who would ever have guessed that this kit would require Vista as a minimum OS to operate. Ah well roll on Windows 7…