PlayStation 3 Getting True 3D Visual Support in 2009, Claims Developer

I'd rather just play games like Killzone 2, God of War 3, and Uncharted 2 next year than this. Maybe watch some Blu-rays too. Luckily, PS3 has it all.

if they are talking about the new "james cameron" stereoscopic 3d, then you'll need an stereoscopic projector to see it, which most people don't have in their homes. I know they've talked about it being able to make it work on standard displays, but so far most of that is theory. We'll see what happens with these games but I'm guessing you'll still need some kind of 3d glasses.

Even though true 3D graphics would be a revolution in video gaming, I'm a bit sceptical about it. I'm sure it can be cool but how well will it really work for games? There's a certain beauty in simplicity and right now I can't see how, for example, competitive RTS or FPS games would be played on anything other than as a flat image.

Singleplayer experiences, however, who knows. It has the potential to be less of a Wii-actual-movement-rather-than-analog-on-off-buttons gimmick. You could imagine using a Zapper-like device and a treadmill to play FPS's but that's just not gamey enough. Some games need the gameyness of the keyboard + mouse or gamepad setup.

But some games are indeed more of an experience than a game, so true 3D Fallout 3 or whatever might be cool.

Why, why, why why why?

wooo stereoscopic 3D, dont get excited yet.

As a few have mentioned, this can already be done on any PC with a 7000 series and up nvidia card, or through the use of some 3rd party drivers, any video card.

First off, you cant view 3D without glasses. 3D works by providing each eye with a slightly different image, and that requires glasses. The new polarized ones are nice but make everything dark, and well, wear some of those old red/blue glasses around and you'll see why they aren't a viable option. Additionally in order to view 3D images you need some kind of display that can show 3D images. Right now that's like one company making computer monitors that aren't that great (my Local Fry's has a demo) Everyone finally bought HDTVs, I don't think they are all going to turn around and buy 3DHDTVs. If you don't have a 3D monitor you have to use red/blue 3D glasses and it looks terrible, sure its 3D but those blue health powerups? you only see them with one eye....it sucks.

I got super excited about 3D a few months back when I found out you can do red/blue stereoscopic 3D on any monitor. I bought some cheapo 3D glasses from amazon and tried it out. It's pretty much a one wya route to headacheville. UT2k4 and team fortress 2 are pretty fun in 3D but its so hard on the eyes you cant enjoy things like being able to tell exactly where projectiles are in space. Oh, and anything with a red and blue team screws things up badly due to the color differences in the lenses.

Wow, I remember the Bullfrog game Magic Carpet had this back in 1994. It was useless then, and it's still useless now. It also had those Magic Eye-style autostereograms, but I could never see those on a computer screen.

wow these guys are really getting desperate. Why don't they just lower the price?

The Sega Master System says 'Hi'

I suppose they're right the ability to add it via a bios update is unique to the PS3, but only because the 360 already has it.

3D is the future, but there are no elegant solutions that use your standard monitor or TV.

You guys remember Johnny Chung Lee's headtracking demo:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

It may not be genuine 3-D, but the effect is pretty mesmerizing. And guess who he's working for...
M$

$ -> indicates the amount of moneybags Microsoft will probably rake in with their next-gen console (vs the stereotypically condescending '$' used by the Open-source/anti-MS monopoly).

I wonder if they will release an updated version of Rad Racer from the NES days. It supported something akin to this feature.

Ahhh. Memories of playing Final Doom on the Virtual Boy...

3D LBP construction package please.

Haha, the thing about only the (POWAR OF THE) PS3 being able to support this with (with a bios update, no less!) is hilarious.