3D Glasses

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I saw an ad for these on a website I was browsing. Seemed insteresting enough for me to click the link. I had a look at them and this is what it said:

Experience the latest in virtual reality technology 3-D visuals that float inside and outside of your monitor! Become immersed in unbelievably real 3-D gaming, movie, internet, photo, and graphic environments as our patented advanced stereoscopic glasses instantly take you there. You have to see to believe--thrills guaranteed!

The E-D ® glasses instantly convert virtually all of your existing PC video game titles into true 3-D. Installation is a snap with no USB or serial ports required and nothing internal. Just install our software one time, plug in our adapter to any standard PC, and we guarantee you'll experience the best gaming graphics EVER.

At first I didn't believe it so I checked out the How They Work part. This is what I got:

Stereovision is actually the normal way almost everyone sees in the real world. We all have two eyes and perceive depth by a mental interpretation of the world we view through those two eyes. Each eye gives a slightly different perspective on the objects viewed and this slight difference provides depth cues to our brain. Objects which are relatively close will shift a larger distance horizontally when viewed from one eye and then switching eyes. Objects which are relatively far away shift a smaller amount.

The E-D software and drivers automatically convert the images on your monitor into a left and right perspective. Each image flickers back and forth so fast on your monitor that it is not noticeable to the human eye. Working synergistically with our advanced active glasses, the flickering of each image is precisely timed with flickering of the left and right lens of the glasses, again faster than can be perceived. Thus, stereovision as it pertains to viewing a virtual world means that you have the capability to produce two separate images and that each eye sees only one of the two images. If this is done correctly, your mind will combine the two images in such a way that you actually have the perception of being "in" the virtual world rather than just viewing a picture of the virtual world. This adds a level of realism and immersion to games, web sites, and other images that is otherwise unattainable. In addition to perceiving depth "into" the monitor it is also possible to make objects appear to come "out of" the monitor. Almost all fairly recent computers and games come pre-equipped with the necessary tools for proper viewing.

Now I'm wondering whether that actually do work. What do you think?
 
It all seems a little too simple to be true to me, just installing some software and plugging in an adapter to get such results? Although i could be wrong.
 
I've seen the commercial...I honestly don't think it works. It looks chinsy. If it was made by Sony I'd believe it, but this other company, well I don't believe it works.

You'd tend to think that a major computer software maker would have figured this out before, that's why I think it's total crap.
 
this type of "3D" isn't new. it's been around for a while now, and even shiped/ships with some 3D cards. the first consumer 3D card to use it was the Canopus Scream' 3D i believe it was called. It used the Verite V1000 chip. Old skewl :)
Anyway, these steroscopic glasses do actually work, and they do provide more...depth to your games. But it comes at a price. High resolutions don't work well with it, and it also decreases image quality some. Not to mention it decreases performance. Everything that is rendered must now be rendered twice. Once for the left eye and once for the right. And if you're used to gaming with FSAA (anti-aliasing), then it'll hurt performance MUCH more. It's an interesting toy, and not much more then a gimmick since it really ins't practical...yet.
 
So then if you reached out and tried to do something it means that you'd probably go "smack" into a wall?
 
well, the way this thing works, it's similar to old comic books/movies. remember those green and red colored lens glasses? well this works much like that, except it's a bit more advanced. it's not eye poping 3D that'd make you want to reach out for it. but it'll provide more feeling of depth in games n such. like when u walk to a ledge and look over it, it'll have more of a "wow...long drop" feeling then you would get otherwise. as i said, not much then a toy :(

also, remember viper, this is still all on your computer screen. so, even if it looks more convincing, your still seated in a chair with a mouse and keyboard at your fingers. i doubt you would be foolish enough to "smack" into a wall :p

(havn't slept yet, so if i didn't make sense i'll edit the post later...lol)
 
What about hitting your knees on the desk underside? :lol:

So i guess you'd have to wear the 3D glasses all the time then? (because the comic ones it looks very weird without the glasses on)
 
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