GDC 08: TI Debuts DLP Dual View, 3D Technology
Our friends at Texas Instruments (What? We get around...) debuted some ambitious tech last week, namely their DLP 3-D HDTV technology for DLP HDTVs, which generates independent views for the left and right eyes via shutter glasses worn by the viewer. The results were nifty, as was the DLP DualView gaming functionality based on the same technology - no longer will local multiplayer gamers have to split their screen space and risk cheating by stealing glimpses of the other guy's screen: with DualView, each gamer can only see his screen - and it takes up the whole screen, not a fraction.
While older 3-D tech used red and blue glasses or polarized light, the new shutter glasses offer unparalleled color fidelity and picture depth while bringing 3-D images or DualView play to any DLP 3-D Ready HDTV - such as most current DLP HDTVs from Mitsubishi and Samsung.
Games must be programmed for the feature, and a 3-D video source must support the DLP HDTV 3-D format, but the great quality of the tech makes that less of an uphill battle than you might think. Fruit Brute and I were both gasping as we toggled back and forth between Player 1's view of the roadway (I should remember the name of the racing game we were watching, but, la, I don't) and P2's view - the effect was seamless and, frankly, kinda awesome. Check it out here.
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Posted to GDC, Hot Stuff, Miscellany on 25 February 2008
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