New 3D glasses from nVidia

The BBC is reporting on some new 3D polarising glasses to be released by nVidia. The effect reminds me of something that came out for the Atari ST almost 20 years ago!

Graphics giant Nvidia has developed technology than can give games a true 3D perspective using polarising glasses and stereoscopic display systems.

Nvidia’s system uses software drivers which split the video output into two views, which are slightly out of alignment.

The demo system I was shown had a 46 inch television, which had a passive polarising filter over the screen. It takes each scan line from the images and selects it either for the left or right eye.

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