PlayStation Blu-ray 3D update arrives in September; 3D photo, PlayTV and YouTube support to follow

Just in case you weren't really sure how deep into this 3DTV thing Sony is, senior director of Sony Europe Mick Hocking announced the PS3's update for Blu-ray 3D movie playback will be released in September -- but it won't stop there. Expect future firmware upgrades that give the PS3 3D rendering for photos (.mpo files), any broadcasts it can pick up on PlayTV, and even YouTube videos. Not running out the door to buy one yet? CVG reports the rest of the presentation was devoted to extolling the virtues of 3D to hardcore gamers in racing games, God of War, or LittleBigPlanet. Demos so far haven't completely convinced us the PS3 is capable of rendering games in high enough resolution to satisfy, but if Fat Princess 2 features a good 3D implementation, someone hide our credit cards, please.

[rgrafton Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:29PM]

wow I see the 3D on a regular LCD monitor.. lol...

[uckApple Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:29PM]

I think 3D is a joke.

It basically exists so that prices of HDTVs go down.

Thats how I look at it.

[tjrchka Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:40PM]

@uckApple

I agree with ya. Don't see the point still not that great. "They" need to do 360 immersion.

Got a question what kind of effect would this have on ones eyes? Brain? Likeliness for seizures?

Also I haven't been really amazed by 3D movies or even IMAX. When I go the screen is so big I can't see what's happening. When I watch in on my LCD TV at home (32") I enjoy it more. Just my dos centavos

[Chibi Chaingun Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:10PM]

@tjrchka

In regards to your question about damaging your eyes or brain, I talked to my eye doctor about this and she said that 3D is actually good for your eyes. She said that it makes you workout your eyes more since your brain is telling them to converge and work together more which ultimately makes for stronger eye operation. There's even cases of improved vision from 3D.

[tjrchka Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:56PM]

@Chibi Chaingun

Nice. I wonder if 3D can get the fitness stamp of approval like the Wii did?

[uclatommy Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:29PM]

You'll all change your mind once they invent 3d porn.

[shift123 Posted Jul 9th 2010 9:59PM]

@uclatommy They already have

[Firehazel Posted Jul 9th 2010 11:16PM]

@uckApple which is good for the hold outs. But the early adopters will be saying to their PS3 3D games:
A:Wow, these graphics ARE better than real life! I wave to the person and they wave back!
B:Dude, there's no camera attached to your PS3...
A O.o

[MFM123 Posted Jul 10th 2010 11:36AM]

@uckApple

I expect the 3D refresh spec will eventually just become part of an HD TV's spec without you actually going and getting it specifically.

But for the next couple of years the idea is very silly IMHO.

Given the choice of dropping $2000 on a 2D 50"+ HD TV or a 40" 3D HD TV what do you honestly imagine the mass-market is going to go for?

Once people realise that there's almost no content (and what content there is does not look like Avatar at the cinema) then I can only see this as exciting the gaming crowd (and PCs have had 3D for a while and it hasn't exactly revived PC gaming much).
The truth is it's irrelevant to good story telling & in some ways intrusive and distracting.....you just know Hollywood is going to (over)use it as an 'effect'.

At heart I think this is dragging out the last profits from the old LCD/Plasma tech & infrastructure.
We'll be getting some form of OLED soon and the whole supposedly essential feature adding nonsense will start again.

[LiveFromThe215 Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:35PM]

I for one welcome our 3D overlords...

...umm ...they are giving out free 3DTVs right?

[Trickymaster Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:35PM]

Now the only thing I need is a $3000 3D HTDV.

[koehler83 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:08PM]

@Trickymaster Here, let me save you a grand.

[uckApple Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:18PM]

@Trickymaster

*$7,000

There, Fixd.

[XChrisX Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:52PM]

@uckApple I only paid $2000 for my Samsung. It's all in where you look.

[maythetechbewithyou Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:25PM]

@Trickymaster For $3000 you can get a Sony pack right now that has a 3d Reciver, 5.1 Surround with free movies and games and two pairs of glasses.

http://hd.engadget.com/2010/07/09/sony-selling-3d-bundle-deals-for-a-limited-time/

[MFM123 Posted Jul 10th 2010 11:39AM]

@Trickymaster

For $3000 you could get a much much bigger 2D HD TV.

(and only 2 pairs of specs? What about the rest of the family - and any friends that drop by?)

[Jukah Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:38PM]

People stop the through the glasses shot! It doesn't help us see the 3D any better.

[Luke Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:40PM]

Thanks for holding the glasses up. So cool to see it in 3D rather than look at blurry images all the time.

[clubside Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:42PM]

As I say in every time I see one of these posts, until it's a hologram it's not 3D.

[zen2k Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:48PM]

Finally!I can make use of my shiny new p65vt25.Playing the 3d game demos fun and all but i'd really like to watch Coraline and ice age 3d.

[travis8214 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:39PM]

@zen2k Coraline's 3D isn't very good, actually. I have the Blu-Ray that comes with the 3D version, and anaglyph or not, they didn't do it right. The little rig they made that they're oh so proud of doesn't do one super important thing - pivot. So while the 3D frames may be shifted over properly, they're not focused. They messed it up, basically. anything else would be better.

[rhododragon Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:50PM]

Sony seems to really like the motto "Go big or go home."

[seesaw12 Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:54PM]

Just in case your eye sight isn't screwed up after all those video games... Playstation has made it even easier to screw your eye sight up!

[TechWhiz954 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:35PM]

@seesaw12 Don't be ignorant. The worst that could happen is you may get a headache or feel dizzy (similar to motion sickness). There are actually studies that indicate watching images in 3D may be good for your eyes.

[seesaw12 Posted Jul 9th 2010 9:04PM]

@TechWhiz954 ignorant? I probably play more video games than you and I can assure you, video games play a huge role in screwing up eye sight.

Just like staring at a computer all day does too.

[Center Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:54PM]

I see Sony combining the 3D with the PS Move so that you have a truly immersive experience. Imagine playing Star Wars in 3D with the PS Move.

[Shlooky Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:54PM]

PS3 can do everything!

[uckApple Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:19PM]

@Shlooky

Except browse the internet correctly

[tenacioustoaster Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:06PM]

@uckApple At least it can browse the internet. I fail to see why Microsoft hasn't added that through a firmware update.

[Lordstrom Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:27PM]

@tenacioustoaster It's because everyone would wonder why 360 doesn't have mouse & keyboard, and then everyone would question msft's tyrannical stance against m&k for games.

[Ignoramus Posted Jul 10th 2010 1:39AM]

@Lordstrom uhh, Games for Windows?!

[SuperDre Posted Jul 10th 2010 9:41AM]

@Shlooky Hmmm.. can it do OtherOS? I think not!

[Engfan620 Posted Jul 10th 2010 10:49AM]

@Shlooky
Except play ps2 games

[glennc2 Posted Jul 11th 2010 10:27PM]

@Shlooky except HDMI 1.4

[MysticMaven Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:54PM]

I got to check out a Panasonic 3D TV for the first time at Costco the other day. WAY WAY overhyped!!! The 3D glasses dim the display by about 50% and the 3D movie looks fake and 'computer generated' like.

[DarkTwisted Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:56PM]

Stop giving us crap the majority of consumers don't want and give us the stuff we do want!! Seriously. You can do this shit later when an extra few percent of people actually care. =_=

[Grubasaurus Rex Posted Jul 9th 2010 4:58PM]

The only thing I'm jealous of (being a 360 owner) in that update is the blu ray player. That's it. I even have a stand alone blu ray player but I wish my 360 could play them.

[Pookiewood Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:04PM]

"Don't Care, Don't Care," Stan Marsh.

[n2neee Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:08PM]

bullshit, i want my otheros back instead of wasting more money on these "NEW" things.

[MikkelWiskerchen Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:27PM]

do they have a solution for ppl using real glasses? - how are we gonna use those 3D goggles :d?

[RichardLawler Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:28PM]

@MikkelWiskerchen You put them over your glasses. It works just fine.

[MikkelWiskerchen Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:32PM]

@RichardLawler Okay. And that does not interfere the 3D experience? I just think of 3D glasses in cinemas here in DK, they are just awful

[MikkelWiskerchen Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:36PM]

@MikkelWiskerchen when they are used over your glasses that is^^

[system22 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:30PM]

sony seems to be focusing on all the wrong things for ps3. they should be working to fix that damn tedious xmb, network presence and a better way to port/dev games so they aren't just running on two cells when not native. the 360 is leaps and bounds above the ps3 when it comes to social interactivity/multiplayer imo.

[spacemonkey086 Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:25PM]

@system22

amen to that. it took them long enough just to keep up with trophies/avatars like xbox. Its doing everything they do only later. Plus the network and store has been really lagging a lot.

[Alex R Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:36PM]

I don't think I'll be buying into this 3D stuff until they manage to do it without the glasses.
Also, with 3D games, allow me to physically turn my head left/right/up/down and the viewpoint in-game looks that way too. Especially good for FPSs!

[travis8214 Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:41PM]

@Alex R you would have to have a helmet or a screen bolted to your skull for that head pivot thing to work.

[Alex R Posted Jul 9th 2010 6:30PM]

@travis8214
Give it a few years.
If it happens and I'm still around in the year 2500, I'll PayPal you £500.

[1mc Posted Jul 9th 2010 5:37PM]

Youtube support. What about XVideos support.. Tee heeeee

[HippieMx Posted Jul 13th 2010 3:22PM]

@1mc
and mkv support!!!