3D glasses...Do they work?

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:29 pm

Look what I've found:

http://www.medalofhonor.co.uk/reviews/edglasses.htm

Do some1 here have these babies?

And...do it works?

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:59 pm

The fact that the site contains no technical specifications what so ever scares me a bit. Until I se one or test a pair: I'll be sceptical towards how cool they are.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:24 am

Me too...

There's any1 here rich enough to buy and test it?

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:26 am

Yeah I'd be a bit skeptical, also any eye health warnings? regular 3d glasses at the 3d movies hurt your eyes after a while.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:18 am

That's not a problem (at least for me). I'm 39 yo and never used glasses?

How?

2 words:

LCD screen.

All my friends w/ normal monitors, even using very low brightness, are getting worst in their eyes.

The question is if these glasses really works on MOHAA...

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:47 pm

I think the glasses contain no LCD. Its siply a matter of selectingly shutting out the image of one eye after the other... but that is just a guess based on the fact that you can see through the goggles.... as I said: the site is clear of any technical spec.

M&M · Post by **M&M** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:53 pm

they look and sound awesome .
however the 1st thing that popped in mind was if it was a scam .
i mean ,mohaa wasnt supposed to support somehting like that .they might be cool but until me or some1 i know tested it then i wouldnt even plan on getting it .
maybe some1 could email the author and ask him about some technical stuff to inform us here .at least if his answers seem abit not right than we know its not real

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:59 pm

jv, that'd be my guess, seems like its called selective viewing, or something. It probably filters out red and blue and everything at differnt times, maybe someone should email them and find out some technical specs...

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:06 pm

Ive been speeking with them on your behalf the latest 2 days to get some info. ( Damn I'm a nice guy

)

Setting up a test was not doable, but I've found some decent reviews like this one contains some technical stuff.
The technology works like this ( from what I understand ) :
When you activate the 3D mode, the software separates the images into a left and right perspective, but does not degrade the image in any way. These images are dispalyed alternately on the screen. The function of the glasses is to alternately flip the visibility of one eye at a time off in sync with the correct version of the picture beeing shown on the screen. This way the brain is fooled into thinking that it sees is the same difference in picture as it sees when looking at real things.
The system will affect your FPS negatively. Some people notice a 5-10% drop in frame rates, but with a decent PC it should be not noticeable.
I'd say this is a wicked cool gadget, but perhaps more for single player games, where FPS is not that big an issue... Slap a cool gadget on me in multiplayer that drops the FPS... well... It would better be the roxor for me to even try it.
Basically: if you got the kwan, knock yourself out, if your saving up for a better Gfx card... keep saving. I'd love to have a pair, but I'll probably not buy one.

Oh, and you need to have a CRT monitor to use it, as it takes advantage of the flickering it is buildt on... So no ED glasses for you if you have a fancy schmancy LCD monitor.

PS: the green text is direct quotes from the Edimensional support conversations I've had. Take it for truth, or don't. If the white text is incorrect it is me beeing stupid.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:16 pm

Cool, Bjarne

!

You said: "When you activate the 3D mode,...". Activate? where?

And, btw, I'll never ever have a CRT monitor in my life (I don't want to use glasses). When I bought my PC, it came w/ a CRT monitor. I tought it was cool, better lightning, better color, etc...After playing for a while, my eyes were completly RED (no, I don't smoke grass hehe).

From this time on, I swear to myself: No CRT monitors anymore. My friends are losing 1 point in their prescription glasses every year, what means they'll be completly blind in 20 years from now.

So, I'll forget about these glasses!

Thanks Bjarne for your research!

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:30 pm

Krane wrote:You said: "When you activate the 3D mode,...". Activate? where?

Keyboard shortcut, or a button... maby both, I don't remember. But is was easy to switch on and off.

blue60007 · Post by **blue60007** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:31 am

Great Bjarne!!! Upon inspection of the official site I saw that they were stereoscopic glasses and that means they work in the exact way you said.

I have a LCD monitor and I concur with Krane, no more CRT's again. Personally it might be neat to try a friends pair for a bit but after a while I would think they would multiple the CRT's bad effects and it would get annoying with them on...

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:43 am

Bjarne BZR wrote: Keyboard shortcut, or a button... maby both, I don't remember. But is was easy to switch on and off.

Where? In MOHAA? Oh, let me guess: the glasses comes w/ a software that you have to install, etc...And, in this soft, you can activate the 3D stuff, correct?

Post by **Bjarne BZR** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:35 am

kai0ty · Post by **kai0ty** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:04 am

crap i really want one BAD. i got the money but i dunno if i wanna dish it out. crap its onyl cool stuf i cant afford. any return policy? omg and did u see that eye tracer thing! thats awesome! man i really want those things, lets see shud i pay 200 for them?? hmmm