NVIDIA Shows World's Only Consumer 3D Multi-Display Solution

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CNN Money posted a press release from NVIDIA touting, among other things, the company’s “3D Vision Surround” technology. Here’s a brief explanation from the press release:

NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround, the world's first consumer, multi-display 3D solution which allows users to span 3D content across 3 high definition monitors or projectors for a truly breathtaking and immersive gaming experience! NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround does for 3D PC gaming just like what IMAX® 3D does for movies.
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Yay, Eyefinity + 3D, now all people will say that Eyefinity if the way to go since nVidia will also support it.
 
Doesn't look to me like they "showed" anything here beyond text-only, and it certainly did not look 3 dimensional.
 
I bet that nobody will say they prefer 3D on a single big monitor than 3D on multiple monitors.
 
All sorts of 3D stuff... Heck, even 3D Youtube! 3D Porn incoming?
 
Has anyone used eyefinity on 2+ projectors? If you could line them up...
 
Still requires 120Hz displays.. yah like I'd buy 3 $400 22" monitors. 24" is the smallest I'd consider getting at this point. The price needs to come way down on those to even make it worth considering.

I'd also like to see nvidia actually release something too.. press releases are so fast in my computer.
 
kuyaglen said:
Already here my friend, already here.

http://www.fusionlangaming.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13007
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who was that guy who got in trouble at a PDXLAN for sharing pRon on the network? I think they made a big announcement with some member being pointed out? and yes, I will bring Vector over here to back me up ;) LOL

you going to PDXLAN 15 bud? hope to see you there! Nvidia will be there so you can grill them in person ;) Wish Kyle would show up so I could sit back with popcorn and enjoy watching the verbal cage fight. Can't fault the guy as he does have the interest of enthusiasts at heart. Something tells me he would end up having beer and good time with them instead.
 
This tech + usable Natal tech + PC gaming coded for Natal in a good way = OMGYES! :)
 
DarthBeavis said:
who was that guy who got in trouble at a PDXLAN for sharing pRon on the network?
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Don't forget what 3D Vision does to your framerate, and do NOT forget what multi-monitor action does to your framerate..
 
MrLonghair said:
Don't forget what 3D Vision does to your framerate, and do NOT forget what multi-monitor action does to your framerate..
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Once I saw the post on the main page, this was pretty much what I was going to say. Then again, if ATI can say that EyeFinity works on the Radeon 5750, I suppose nVidia may be able to get away with saying 3D Vision Surround "works" :)

Translation? 3D Vision Surround "works" about as well as an Intel IGP.
 
Logic tells me that this is going to be a daunting task. You are looking at having games running three monitors at no less than 60 fps let a lone push 3d vision "the way it's meant to be played"... at 120hz. I am going to have to wait and see how this works out for 3d vision. That said, it will be nice if it can perform up to or past ati's current offerings in the surround gaming realm. The only thing that would keep me from going with fermi is I have lost some interest in benchmarks and super detailed eyecandy since going eyefinity. The wow factor is going to have to be pretty high for me to switch this time.
 
Meh, not really impressed honestly. Sorry but I view 3d pretty much the same as touchscreens. On the large nothing more then a gimmick for most users, and as such will remain largely unsupported.

Reasons why;
Cost - While cost will most certainly drop, at this time it is just excessively expensive and too much so for anyone to take it seriously. As such it will be difficult if not impossible to get any major development support to support it (PhysX anyone?)
Lack of real benefit - Lets be honest outside the "WoW" factor how does it help anyone do anything better? Simply put it does not. Using a 2d surface to simulate a 3d experience is usually more burdensome then it is anything.
Holographics - I wager that true 3d holograms will begin to make significant jumps in technology and usefulness long before flat surface 3d like this ever really takes off. I see 3d on a flat display as the current generation Laser disc. Sure it is technically superior to the current, but its bulky and inconvenient and it's DVD is right around the corner waiting to kill it off.
 
Dekoth said:
Meh, not really impressed honestly. Sorry but I view 3d pretty much the same as touchscreens. On the large nothing more then a gimmick for most users, and as such will remain largely unsupported.

Reasons why;
Cost - While cost will most certainly drop, at this time it is just excessively expensive and too much so for anyone to take it seriously. As such it will be difficult if not impossible to get any major development support to support it (PhysX anyone?)
Lack of real benefit - Lets be honest outside the "WoW" factor how does it help anyone do anything better? Simply put it does not. Using a 2d surface to simulate a 3d experience is usually more burdensome then it is anything.
Holographics - I wager that true 3d holograms will begin to make significant jumps in technology and usefulness long before flat surface 3d like this ever really takes off. I see 3d on a flat display as the current generation Laser disc. Sure it is technically superior to the current, but its bulky and inconvenient and it's DVD is right around the corner waiting to kill it off.
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when and where did you play a game with Nvidia's 3d stereo and which game was it?
 
Nvidia's 3D is not new, it has been around for what? a year or more?
 
This is about a multi-display hardware(software?) solution for 120hz screens with Nv 3D Vision support, which is new.

(And might just be another reason why Fermi was delayed, score one to AMD in that case)
 
Dekoth said:
What on earth are you talking about?
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Meh, not really impressed honestly. Sorry but I view 3d pretty much the same as touchscreens. On the large nothing more then a gimmick for most users, and as such will remain largely unsupported.
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you made a statement, I want to know your educated experience that backs up that statement.
 
So, no one cared when 3D Vision was on one monitor...

Now we're supposed to be impressed its on 3?

Way to play catch up, nVidia.
 
Do I still have to wear the stupid glasses??

How bout holographic displays, that's REAL 3D. What's with all this pretend crap..
 
And to be fair Laserdisc was going on 15 years old when DVD came around..20 years by the time it was phased out. Laserdisc paved the way for digital audio (off shooting the Compact Disc in the early 80's) and then later became the first medium to make true discrete surround sound widely available to the consumer market.

It was the small steps of the Laserdisc that got us to the DVD. And likewise these are the steps we have to take before someone finally gets a lightbulb moment and comes out with the next big break in display technology.
 
alg7_munif said:
Yay, Eyefinity + 3D, now all people will say that Eyefinity if the way to go since nVidia will also support it.
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Not really. I'm sticking to the lack of seamless monitors making this as useless as Eyefinity. Maybe, MAYBE if this were a documented standard that everyone could build to we'd see someone start building seamless displays. Until then? Pfft. 3D Vision surround is as useless as 3D Vision or Eyefinity.
 
jwalk6 said:
Do I still have to wear the stupid glasses??

How bout holographic displays, that's REAL 3D. What's with all this pretend crap..
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You're more than welcome to build one and sell it. I'm sure you'd make a fortune if it were usable.
 
Inglix_the_Mad said:
You're more than welcome to build one and sell it. I'm sure you'd make a fortune if it were usable.
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I saw a TV show somewhere that showed a scientist already working on this but you still needed to be in the middle of 4 screens to get the effect.

Still, If I were so blessed with the technical acumen to do so nobody'd buy it anyway because I couldn't sell it for 19.95 on an infomercial...
 
What a bunch of winy babies we have in here.

ITZ TO MUCH 4 MAI COMPUTRE TO HANDL

Really folks, 3D / Multi-display has come down to this? I don't like it because my 8800gts can't handle it? I thought I was on [H], but apparently this is Engadget. >.>

If you build it, they will make games for it! It's time to get some newegg financing and upgrade that rig!
 
Dekoth said:
The above two statements have precisely zero to do with anything I said. Again i ask, what on earth are you talking about?
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You called 3d vision on 2d flat screens a gimmick. He wanted to know what is your experience with 3d vision on 2d flat screens. What games have you played in 3d? With what setup?
 
IRSmurf said:
What a bunch of winy babies we have in here.

ITZ TO MUCH 4 MAI COMPUTRE TO HANDL

Really folks, 3D / Multi-display has come down to this? I don't like it because my 8800gts can't handle it? I thought I was on [H], but apparently this is Engadget. >.>

If you build it, they will make games for it! It's time to get some newegg financing and upgrade that rig!
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no, if you make it cheap so everyone will buy it, they will make games for it.
 
IRSmurf said:
What a bunch of winy babies we have in here.

ITZ TO MUCH 4 MAI COMPUTRE TO HANDL

Really folks, 3D / Multi-display has come down to this? I don't like it because my 8800gts can't handle it? I thought I was on [H], but apparently this is Engadget. >.>

If you build it, they will make games for it! It's time to get some newegg financing and upgrade that rig!
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lolacaust
 
Ive used the 3D stuff on a single monitor before at a demo station. i was SOOO underwhelmed by it. It did kill framerates on World of Warcraft down to the sub-teens. And this was on a single display. Unless the game is designed from teh ground up as a 3D title i dont see how it will work out with any kind of success as text is near impossible to read. I think this is a despirate move on nVidia's part to try to one-up ATI on paper. And as posters have said. It'd be a lot of money to fork out on new monitors just to run this. 120hz ain't cheap yet. I'll stick with my current plans to get an ati 58XX video card.
 
Hold your horses. They haven't yet said weather or not you will be able run three 60Hz screens and just do normal triple-monitor...
 
I really dont care about 3D, i dont get why people do. It does not enhance the experience enough to warrant the cost or time.
 
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