3D Cockpit? Really?....Yes!

I thought you might like to see these 3D screenshots of the Black Shark cockpit. You will need red/blue cheapo 3D glasses to view them. :D

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Are you playing in 3D as well Polecat? What kind of setup are you using if you are? Cool stuff.

Hi Crunch,

Not flying in 3D at the moment. I may get the viewsonic 22" 120Hz monitor and try it out. This is the nvidia driver stereo application using red/blue glasses.

One thing that I have noticed is that even with red/blue glassesI can tell the technology has come a long way. Used to be when you would zoom in and out in LockOn or Black Shark there would be really bad alignment problems. This appears to be pretty well resolved here.

I game with a Viewsonic 28" in the middle and 2x22" Samsungs on the side now. I don't know how I will take to a smaller one for 3D. Maybe projectors though..........

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Anyone tried this with the nvidia 3d glasses? Not sure if they support this game, would be damn interesting though!

Yes it does support this game and LockOn. They are both rated as "good". I am seriously considering this the more I think about it.

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Anyone tried this with the nvidia 3d glasses? Not sure if they support this game, would be damn interesting though!

But with the 3d glasses you need a special 3d monitor (samsung) don't you? I mean on a normal monitor like mine 60 hz does not work?

Google it ;)

Google it ;)

Oh I have looked into this before on the nvidia homepage and what I understand it do need a special monitor. I looked again and yes it needs a 120 hz monitor and it gets rather pricy so well I think I have to stand back for this at the moment even though it sounds cool :)

You can use RED/Blue glasses and see the effects but without good color. Witha 120Hz monitor and the proper polarized glasses it is much better. The other option is certain DLP projectors which are also supported. I am leaning that way as I like big.

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I have tried the R/B glasses... Its unbelievable experience for free flying!!! Hovever it is not usable very well in missions. The HUD has not proper displaying "depth". It is displaying as a drawing on transparent planar foil. It means you are almost not able to point on any target e.g. while firing the cannon. I'm not sure, but I assume that real HUDs are set to infinity. So no matter if you are looking with just one eye or both the HUD points to the same place still.

Some images....

Personally, I would love to see this implemented properly. I have wondered how hard it would be for ED to fix the hud display depth issue from a programming stand point. I am not a programmer, but it could be as simple as changing the z value for the readout. With enough interest in 3d, it could possibly find it's way into a patch.

I have tried the analgyph stereo 3d with Black Shark and aside from this one small issue with the hud, the 3d effect is outstanding... but the lack of readability of the hud does tend to wreck the immersion. You really need the hud readings to display as though they are well ahead of the nose of the aircraft (infinity?).

Having read a few reviews about Nvidia's new 3D set-up, I'm extremely temped to head down this path. Everyone that uses them is impressed with the immersion it adds. This could be the next big thing for flight sims in general, and particularly Black Shark where so much time is spent at low altitudes. I hope that the problem with the HUD is fixable.

Well I have gone ahead and purchased the 22" Viewsonic 120Hz monitor. Now I am just waiting till I have the money to get the glasses..........

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What do I need exactly for this?

I have a GTX295.

Where can I buy such a 3D-glasses?

Edit:

OK, got it:

http://www.nvidia.de/object/GeForce_3D_Vision_faq_de.html

http://www.3dglasses.net/ ?

Nate

Be prepared for some FPS hit. On my config it is around 15 - 20 (win 7 x64) in free flight. Heavy missions will be probably worst.

I will be buying this tech for sure.

Just have to wait till the X mas crunch to the wallet is over, then BAM. 3D gaming for Deigs.... Can't wait.

My experiments with the red/blue glasses showed the helmet-mounted-eye sight was weird. It couldn't figure out if it wanted to be on the right or the left eye, flickered back and forth. But the red/blue thing was amazing, I can only imagine the system with the glasses is incredible.

looking thru the 2 colour glasses, my kids had some :)

picture 3 of the cyclic in the first post is bloody amazing,

moving myself around the screen makes the cyclic appear to move

it really jumps out at you, it may need some refining but this

technology has some serious potential.

my youngest exclaiming " i can touch it, i can touch it" as she reached out towards the screen with the 3d glasses perched on her little snoz :D

and the pic of the undercarriage front gear, that wheel is in your face :thumbup:

I was using the shutter glasses with a 61" DLP. It was great except for the HUD issue. I tried time after time to get a rocket or shell to hit on target and couldnt do it without getting lucky. So I just sold my tv to get a projector. So much for 3d but when I can afford it ill have 3 projectors for a surround view.