For anyone looking to dive into the world of 3D gaming head first, Digital Storm’s 3D Vision Surround BlackOPS package is a fine place to start. For $US2800, you get the BlackOPS Assassin and three 3D-ready, 1080p Asus displays.
Nintendo went all in on motion control, and now the rest of the industry is following their lead. But according to Mario mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto, the company doesn’t think it’s quite time for them to jump into the third dimension.
There are more than 400 3D ready games out there, according to iBuypower, which doesn’t sound like very many at all. But it’s enough for the company to feel confident about releasing this – its first 3D-capable gaming notebook.
Sony is not taking any risks with its latest set of terms and conditions, warning of “eye strain, eye fatigue or nausea” and suggesting children have their eyes poked by a doctor before being allowed to play 3D games.
NVIDIA’s already thrown its weight behind 3D gaming, and we all know Nintendo’s got something exciting lined up soon – but if you speak to Ubisoft, 3D gaming will be so popular, by 2012 half the games will be 3D-enabled.
Thanks to LG’s Flickr, we now know that 3D gaming on the Xbox 360 is possible – with LG 3DTVs, at least. The details are sketchy due to the translation, but it appears they’ll be sold together in South Korea.
I’ve been sceptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies. But I just played the first 45 minutes or so of Metro 2033 on a top-of-the-line 3D-enabled gaming rig and, well, wow.
Using a mouse is old-hat, if the recent wave of ball-shaped, motion-sensing PC remotes is anything to go by. Straight out of Japan, the Puyocon can be squeezed, thrown around or rolled, controlling actions on the computer.