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Nvidia's New 3D Solution

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By Kris Graft

January 9, 2009

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Graphics technology firm Nvidia announced at CES on Thursday 3DVision for GeForce, a product that claims to be "the world’s first high-definition 3D stereo solution for the home."

The system, designed for PC, uses a pair of glasses, a USB-based IR emitter and software to generate a 3D effect. Nvidia said 3D Vision works with Samsung and ViewSonic 120 Hz LCD monitors, Mitsubishi DLP HDTVs and the DepthQ HD 3D Projector by Lightspeed Design.

The product works with 3D gaming, 3D movies and 3D photography, Nvidia said, and has "out of the box" compatibility with over 300 games. The company added, "In addition, NVIDIA’s 'The Way It’s Meant to Be Played' program ensures that future games will support 3D Vision."

A "3D Vision Viewer" also allows users to take in-game screens and view them later in 3D stereo, "or import and view stereoscopic pictures and movies from a variety of different capture sources and online Web photo galleries."

The product is available beginning today from U.S. e-tailers.

4thVariety's picture

Every few years Nvidia comes with some gadget 3D goggles from the woodworks. Been like that with the original GeForce 256 in 1999 and has been a well established tradition since then. Why won't they give up already after failing for 10 years?

sam owen's picture

will this work with existing graphics cards or will we need to buy new ones

Bleak Corner's picture

I'm looking forward to this... on consoles.