Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron believes that the future for gaming and entertainment lies with stereoscopic displays, which create the illusion of depth by supplying each eye with a slightly altered image.

"Stereo production is the next big thing," Cameron said during a lecture at Microsoft's Advance 08 Conference, according to CNET.

"You are in the game. This is the ultimate immersive media," he continued, noting the importance of such a concept with a first-person shooter.

Cameron revealed that the Ubisoft-developed Xbox 360 game adaptation of his upcoming 3D flick Avatar currently sports stereoscopic imagery via 3D glasses. However, he pointed out that there are certain displays that don't require special glasses to get the effect.

It's far from the first time a game has made use of specialized ... Read more

Director James Cameron (Xenogenesis, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning) is going back to his science fiction roots with a new film called Avatar, and with a title like that, it was only a matter of time before a video game tie-in was announced.

Publisher Ubisoft broke the ice today, stating that it has acquired the license to create a game around Cameron's upcoming film. The adaptation is planned for a simultaneous release with the movie in May 2009.

Avatar centers around the story of an ex-Marine whose mind inhabits an alien body. Caught in the middle of a civil war between man and alien, the marine must fight for his own survival, and that of the native people of an... Read more