CES 2009: Sony teases with high-quality PS3 3D

Parapraxis - 357 days 2 hours ago

LOL, it's probably just really warm at the show.

I would love to check this out.
They need to emply some better design into the glasses though.
Looks like something out of the early 90's.

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meepmoopmeep - 357 days 2 hours ago

i have a pair of those 3D glasses right now

yeah, a better design would be nice.
give it a more futuristic look.

i wonder if/when this tech will be standard in gaming.

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meepmoopmeep - 357 days 2 hours ago

lol, just ignore them.
that's why agrees/disagrees don't phase me.

but yeah, i'm sure the PS3 or whatever will do the wet-work

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squallheart - 357 days 1 hour ago

I already got a 3D set i'm just waiting for the technology to catch up my pc already outputs 3d but i want ps3 XD

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pixelsword - 357 days 1 hour ago

*strums banjo*

Giddity!

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Lord Anubis - 357 days ago

my most recent viewing of 3D was at the San Francisco's Metreon in the iMax cinema. They displayed the last 30 minutes of the last Harry potter movie in 3D. It was unreal. like the actors were performing right infront of my eyes. 3D tech has potential.

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Michael Jackson - 357 days ago

"Is it just me or is frank wearing make up on his cheeks?"

Nope, it's not just you. Apparently, he borrowed some from your purse. xD

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rockleex - 356 days 23 hours ago

When people went to watch Beowulf in 3D!

I don't mind wearing these glasses. But is there ANY POSSIBLE WAY to make a regular HDTV display 3D?

I don't think people would want to spend $1-2,000 on another HDTV just to play their games in 3D.

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hay - 356 days 21 hours ago

I it'll be PS3 based, as some 3D movies you can watch on ordinary TV. Cool stuff either way, can't wait to get immersed.

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SL1M DADDY - 356 days 20 hours ago

PS3-D FTW? If it could do all games in 3-D, that would be a pretty cool deal. Gimmicky, but definitely cool.

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SaiyanFury - 356 days 20 hours ago

Frankly it wouldn't surprise me that Sony would be playing around with other HD technologies to make them a reality on the PS3. Lord knows they are going to every length to make the PS3 the best viable value on the market to make up for it's increased price. Lord knows just the BD playback in native 1080p is great. On top of that, the built in g-Band Wi-Fi is a great addition and the painless wireless media interface. The simple value of the console is simply the best full HD experience for the money. On top of the value of the console, you can change out the HDD for a larger one to keep large amounts of media on for cheap compared to the 360. Want a 500GB HDD? For 100 dollars you can make that a realty. The largest 360 HDD, the 120GB model? 135 dollars for their proprietary model. The PS3 offers the most HD freedoms for the price. Simply put, for the full HD experience, the PS3 is the best price.

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Michael Jackson - 356 days 18 hours ago

Uhh.. Read my comment again. I said no, it's not just you. Meaning, I agree with you that he IS wearing makeup. Who's the R-tard, now? lol

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mega BIG time - 356 days 18 hours ago

give me some DOA in 3d :]

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Beast_Master - 356 days 16 hours ago

They do have the technology to make a TV in 3D. In fact Superman Returns was the first film shot with this technology in mind. But like everyone else has said, HD tvs still have not penetrated enough homes for people to go out and get the upgrade. It will probably be about 10 years before 3D TVs become household items.

I think Sony should release one 3D game to see how it does. I mean if we have learned anything from Nintendo it is that peripherals move software. They don't need to convert their whole library to 3D just see how popular 1 game would be in 3D if it becomes a jugernut than release more. I think People would by a 3D game on PS3 like hotcakes.

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sloth4urluv - 356 days 14 hours ago

Yes you can make a standard tv display 3D, but it cuts the frame rate in half.

The glasses have LCD shutters on them that alternate between open and closed. since standard tvs have a refresh rate of 60Hz it would be divided up between your two eyes resulting in 30Hz per eye.

It works but it will give you a head ache.

Another interesting feature you could do with a 120Hz Tv is 2 player full screen.
Instead of having 2 player split screen each player would take up the full screen, but be displayed every other cycle.

Its more demanding on the console though so detail would likely have to be cut back.

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player911 - 356 days 13 hours ago

This is the same technology I had in the 90's. Any monitor can do it and any system can do it. All the system does it split the screen into two view points and the glasses have shutters on them, which open and close opposite of the other.

I think I picked up a pair in the late 90's for like $50 for a wireless pair. I still have them actually.

Those "magical" 3D TV's are nothing more then a TV with the software built in. There is no need for special code or a special platform for this to work.

Heck I played the original Quake with those 3D glasses (tells you how long its been out). I've since played Unreal series, Quake, Doom, StarCraft, WoW, etc.

All you need to make it work on your PC are the Stereo NVidia Drivers and a pair of glasses. The frame rate doesn't exactly fall by 50% just because it has to draw 2 different view points. While it does take a minor hit, all of the graphics seen on the screen are already stored in the RAM from drawing the first screen

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DaTruth - 356 days 9 hours ago

For everybody asking if you need a specific TV. You apparently don't cause I have the TV they are showing it on and I'm really glad because I almost bought a Samsung. If you read the article you will see him wearing glasses and they are not shutter glasses.

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nazty_nayt - 356 days 7 hours ago

You mean "Giggity"

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IcarusOne - 356 days 7 hours ago

Actually, Superman Returns was shot on the Genesis in standard 2D workflow. The 3D effect was added later. Cameron has designed a camera with Sony that consists of 2 imagers feeding into a master deck - essentially recreating the stereoscopic way that our eyes see. Journey to the Center of the Earth was the first wide release film to use this tech, though Cameron released two IMAX docs that were shot using the first generation of this system.

The tech does exist to turn a normal display into 3D and it doesn't require a new TV. Basically it's a refractive film that is placed over the display, similar to the way holographic posters work. I don't know how far along the tech is or how expensive it will be in the consumer market, but Sony may be using this. The benefit is it doesn't require glasses and can be fitted to any screen - TV's, laptops, phones, etc. All it requires is a 3D signal from the source.

I can see this being very exciting to the games industry, akin to when polygons first hit the scene.

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rockleex - 356 days 23 hours ago

Eyepet!!! ^_^

It will REALLY feel like you're interacting with a virtual pet! >:D

Anyways, imagine the next exclusive horror game for the PS3. You're walking down a dark hallway, you notice a shadow had just moved... then BAM! The monster JUMPS OUT OF THE SCREEN AT YOU!!! >:D

Especially if that horror game utilized the PS Eye for interactivity! ^_^

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cayal - 357 days 2 hours ago

Sony will bring out 3D. Microsoft will bring out 'ThreeD'.

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callahan09 - 356 days 16 hours ago

Eye of Judgment is so cool. Any collectible card game player from the past or present should check it out. It's a great game with a great set of rules and great cards, and the camera integration is absolutely brilliant. Watching your cards come to life is very cool, and the ability to play online without needing to actually find someone in real life to play against is the icing on the cake.

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player911 - 356 days 12 hours ago

Sorry, but PC's had this ability 10 years ago. PS3 isn't doing anything revolutionary. They're just making light of old technology

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rhood022 - 357 days 2 hours ago

oh man..that would be completely awesome. Imagine playing Killzone 2, or any fps, and have the illusion of rockets and tracer rounds flying at you. Or GOW 3 and fighting the huge Titans and, like the Colossus battle in GOW 2, fighting it head on in 3D.

I hope that this is something that a) can be outfitted within the next few years; b) integral to the PS4.

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hay - 356 days 21 hours ago

Combine it with headtracking and what you'll have?

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player911 - 356 days 12 hours ago

That is that they need to do.

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phosphor112 - 356 days 22 hours ago

Agreed. I'd buy it with my money I've been saving up so dearly. Question though, how would people with glasses use those? Like I was thinking about that because you know those stereoscopic pictures, where you cross your eyes and focus to see a picture in 3D, people in glasses can't do that. Goggles might work? Ya know, ones that go over the glasses? lol.

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hay - 356 days 21 hours ago

Basically this is stereoscopic vision based on human's sight. In games and movies you have one camera that shows you everything. In stereoscopy you'll have two from slightly different angles. When you put glasses on those will be combined into one picture which will try to simulate sense of depth.
Great example may be anaglyphic vision where you have "weird colored pictures"(bluish-reddish) and cyan/red glasses to filter the vision.

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Wiimaniac - 357 days 1 hour ago

What is 4D anyway?

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THAMMER1 - 357 days ago

This is 4D.

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Awookie - 357 days ago

4d is just simply width height depth and time not sure why people keep saying wheres the 4d time has been implemented in many games

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phosphor112 - 356 days 22 hours ago

Not really, the only games I can think of off the top of my head is Motorstorm, and thats because of the ground deterioration. 4D in a game would be the pro/regression of textures or models over a length of virtual time, so to be technical, Motorstorm doesn't even do that because it depends on vehicles driving over the terrain, kind of like a destructible environment. That won't count because the user is manipulating the texture/models.

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pixelsword - 356 days 21 hours ago

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I'll give you a few examples, because when you see how it's been used already, you can see other effects

- The weakest example would be bullet holes in walls, people, etc. because in terms of time and design, it's not progressive, but instantaneous. Furthermore, the the rendering is done entirely differently. An argument can be made that if you consider the overall changes to the wall in reference to time elapsed in the game, the changes could be considered "4D"; that works in the purest dimensional sense, but in game programming terms though, it doesn't. I believe that there would have to be Dynamic rendering of textures for it to be considered 4-D.

- One stronger example that I can give is when you play in the mud in Motorstorm and your vehicle gets dirtier throughout the race. I say stronger because the rendering is simple, but still valid.

- The strongest example I can give people so far is in MGS4. In MGS4 Snake's suit can change dynamically... 4D programming is the dynamic rendering of procedural textures. You can see another example when you fight Crying Wolf and when you go into the barrel that snow accumulates on the barrel.

I'm sure there are other examples, but I'm too tired. I need to finish up and take a nap.

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Joey Greco RULES - 356 days 16 hours ago

a dimension of time....hmmm....oh I dont know. How about Fable1&2(age progression, seasons, ect), The GTA Series(Night & Day Cycles), Timeshift(time manipulation), Animal Crossing Series(live time gameplay).....many more. The 4th Dimension is time. A lot of games have made TIME a factor in them. I dont understand why we try to complicate these things.

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Ju - 356 days 12 hours ago

Ah, they are still busy catching up with LBP. LOL.

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cayal - 357 days 2 hours ago

I wonder if they'll show anything new.

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Marquis_de_Sade - 356 days 20 hours ago

Right, so relatively minor PS3 related announcements completely do over MSs' multi billion dollar OS demonstration? Okay then.

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callahan09 - 356 days 16 hours ago

We're talking about videogames. Windows 7 isn't a new game, or a new way of playing games.

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swiftshot93 - 357 days 2 hours ago

i preordered those exact games.

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ReTarDedFisHy - 357 days 2 hours ago

LMFAO at your disagree
Now I can sleep with a smile on my face lmao

I'm waiting until they announce a KZ2 LE or CE so I can pre-order that. Lucky bastard, you'll play it before everyone else :(

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PoSTedUP - 357 days ago

*sees DNAgent one year from now wearing 3D glassed playing the playstation3 despite what he says*

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