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    Thanks to Cinderboy for this Article

    BTW,you see me posting articles off of Onrpg's main website,the reason for this is i know most people here dont read the articles,so anyway

    Thanks Cinderboy again

    To start this article off, I will first like to refer to this recent article I have read: "9you, one of the fast rising MMO developers and publishers in China, recently announced that they will be integrating their upcoming MMOs with 3D technology. You read it right, players will have the chance to view their games through 3D vision goggles and experience the same kind of thrill when watching Avatar 3D (who hasn't watch the movie in 3D?). The company also admitted that the recent Avatar 3D wave helped them to speed up development of the project."
    Talk about riding huge waves.

    Avatar's 3D effect
    9you will apparently be the first company in the global MMO industry to announce this rather ambitious type of project. Personally, I expected a bigger company, say Blizzard, to embark on this project first, due to the massive finances involved. The company, realising that gaming in 3D will tire out players' eyes and that 3D gaming is still at its infant stage, will first trial this new feature on their casual games and side-scrollers. In the beginning stages, only special features like skill graphics and character models will be in 3D.
    I have to applaud 9you in this particular venture, seeing that it is no easy task. And mind you, 9you is a developer and publisher of Free to Play titles, this really tells you how far the Free To Play market has come. The company is also working with some technology firms on plans to distribute the 3D vision goggles needed and other essential peripherals.
    9you's first few 3D games:


    Dungeon Heroes

    Audition 2

    Weapons of the Gods

    City Transformers
    The limitations

    Tech geek I am not, but I have skimmed through several articles which touch on the topic of 3D gaming for the PC system. Firstly, 3D gaming on the PC currently requires a special monitor which has the capability to refresh at 120Hz. While some players might not mind the cost of one (around USD320 for a 22inch one), 3D gaming will need the majority of players utilizing it to start the market up.
    Secondly, the 3D vision goggles. The only branded (or brand) 3D vision goggles for PC gaming I have come across are from Nvidia, and they cost a rather hefty USD199. Once again, it might be a small sum to some, but a princely price to the majority. What about gamers who are already wearing glasses?

    Nvidia's GEFORCE 3D Vision Kit

    Thirdly, the ill-effects of prolonged 3D gaming. You don't have to be an Optometrist or even an Ophthalmologist to acknowledge that players will soon experience severe discomfort in their eyes. Gazing at a normal LCD monitor for a few hours for either work or gaming already causes dry eyes, itchy eyes, bloodshot eyes and whatnot, I can't imagine the degree of damage 3D gaming will cause to the eyes and overall health of hardcore gamers.
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    Overall, in my opinion, 3D gaming is not a necessity anytime in the near future. It will no doubt edge closer to being mainstream in the years to come, but there are still more doubts (especially long-term health concerns) to clear up. Will more companies start to embrace 3D gaming? Or will this new way of gaming be just a short term fad? It's really up to the gaming community to decide.






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    It will be very costly and it will simply **** up out eyes

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinderboy View Post
    Note that Perfect World's Jade Dynasty (Chinese server) has already added in 3D capability in its latest update, which is the same update the English version will be getting soon. Don't think the 3D option will be added in the NA one tho.
    3D already....


    amazed that it isnt P2P

    wont that cost more money to hold up and keep stable?

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    Mmmm.. 3D gaming on the PC ain't such a good idea atm

    for one; this type of stuff hasn't really been tested and as stated could cause major eye damage, you can't play a game if u don't have eyes.

    secondly; i ain't really looking forward to seeing a small sword swing out of my PC screen as it will prob give me a 80% chance of me crapping my pants which again will cost me £5 in under-wear.

    NINTENDO 3DS are bringing a 3D console out soon w/o the mobility of wearing clunky eye-sores so hopefully yeah in the future mmo's will be able to bring it out too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xDisturbed View Post

    NINTENDO 3DS are bringing a 3D console out soon w/o the mobility of wearing clunky eye-sores so hopefully yeah in the future mmo's will be able to bring it out too.
    Pardon me if i am wrong, nintendo 3ds' 3D is actually ingame graphics 3D, not that kind of vizual Avatar-ish 3D, no?

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    Quote Originally Posted by xDisturbed View Post
    Mmmm.. 3D gaming on the PC ain't such a good idea atm

    for one; this type of stuff hasn't really been tested and as stated could cause major eye damage, you can't play a game if u don't have eyes.

    secondly; i ain't really looking forward to seeing a small sword swing out of my PC screen as it will prob give me a 80% chance of me crapping my pants which again will cost me £5 in under-wear.

    NINTENDO 3DS are bringing a 3D console out soon w/o the mobility of wearing clunky eye-sores so hopefully yeah in the future mmo's will be able to bring it out too.
    It is proven to cause major eye damage

    Playing games like requiem and ****ing metro and fear will cause me to crap my pants indeed

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    Eh.....3D is nice every once and while..........but not for my gaming in my personal opinion.

    Just not something I could see myself using much, if at all.

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    Bah, I'd rather not have 3D gaming. Over hyped.

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    3D mmos? Wow....How ridiculous.

    She knows how to party.

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    i'll wait till The World becomes real before trying these so called "3d" games.

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    Sigh, I'm just waiting for this 3D fad to be over with. It's not needed in anything, but it's cool to look at.

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    anyone played metro 2033 and Singularity with 3D glasses how was it

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    3D gaming = hype

    3D gaming = gone in ~5 years

    Mark my words.

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    3D PC Gaming has been around for a very long time already, around a decade. None of this is new or innovative or special, these guys are just trying to hop on the hype of 3d television and movies.

    Stereostopic glasses failed so hard in the gaming world when they came out. All games were gonna be 3D back then and automatic with no preprogramming. They will continue to fail hard too as long as there are any spatial, lag, or comfort issues.

    The only revolution still remaining in 3d in video games would be combining two systems such as the Wiimote/Move/Kinect and a 3d space to create a 3d virtual gameplay environment. The complexity to add any sort of practical 3d to a major game project would be a nightmare though. We talked about it jokingly here for some fun side projects and the math just makes it hard and any interaction with the 3d elements is almost impossible because the positioning varies too much from person to person so every time someone used it they would have to calibrate it. The tons of competing technologies also just add another failure point for video game hardware, especially on PCs which are already a huge problem in that area for programmers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matey View Post
    Thanks to Cinderboy for this Article

    BTW,you see me posting articles off of Onrpg's main website,the reason for this is i know most people here dont read the articles,so anyway
    yup i stopped reading there.

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    Its also quite limiting in some ways.

    Look at the 3DS it has great power inside of it, but due to the fact it has to render everything twice it hinders its graphics terribly.


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    we don't need 3d gimmicks. they should work on more motion gameplay with Vitural glasses let you move your head around see all area.


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    as long as its not gimmicky i think computer games should have no-glasses 3d like the 3ds, since only one person can use a computer at a time, it should work fine. The reason why no glasses 3d isnt used in movies and whatnot is because it only works from one viewpoint not the viewpoints of many people.

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