http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/ Engadget Comments for PlayStation 3 could get 3D depth slider à la the 3DS http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/I can imagine someone taking ages trying to work out the best slider setting by constantly having to move between the sofa and the console to adjust the slider and see the results.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/I kind of imagined it being a virtual slider built into the system via a software update..

but knowing sony/any large company, they very well could roll out some sort of proprietary hardware (new controller) that has a physical slider built in.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Why? This will simply be an option in the pause menu such as the volume slider.

This really isn't a news worthy article. Is it really a surprise to anyone, especially as the PS3 3D demo's have these stereo strength sliders in the options screens already?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
So Sony's (and Microsoft's as well) new approach is no longer innovation, but hurriedly copying Nintendo's innovation? We once looked at Sony's gaming division as a breath of fresh air giving us what we wanted as opposed to Nintendo's continued pandering towards children.

Now Sony is leading in the field of recycling and riding Nintendo's coattails. We're a long way from Luigi's Mansion and Gamecube, and Nintendo's supposed Swan Song.

Crazy.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
What're you talking about? Sony was the first of the big three talking about 3D gaming for consumers.

A slider is innovation? Hardly. It's like adjusting the volume or changing the amount of detail you have in a PC game. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Scratch that; 3DTVs should drop the not-cost-effective-at-all shutter glasses and feither switch to lenticular lens 3DTVs or use polarized glasses for 3D to at least have a chance of going mainstream.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Glad Microsoft isn't doing anything yet.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/I'm blind in one eye... What's all this 3DTV magic people are talking about?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
some of us remember being marketed the same gimmick for years and years ;). back in crt days. it's not something you'd go "OH WOW I GOTTA HAVE THIS", if it were you'd already have it. you could argue that moving to flat panels delayed the wide rollout of the technology though.


anyways, the slider probably just arranges how far the cameras(eyes) are apart from each other. so it'll take the developers exactly as much time as it needs to add some slider into their options dialog.

]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Sony is pushing this technology because it will make them money, not to be revolutionary or ground-breaking, don't question that for a second.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
i think he means shoving it down our throats with commercials and making claims that 3D is the end all be all of "innovation." even if he doesn't mean that, i mean that. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
To label its modern incarnation "a gimmick" is incorrect - maybe the tech still isn't mature enough, but time will tell. It's certainly doing very, very well in cinemas this time around - far better than it did on previous occasions (Jaws 3D being one notably awful example I remember from my younger years). Any saying "it doesn't add anything" is incorrect too - if that were the case, why would people choose to see a more expensive 3D version of a film over the cheaper 2D version on display in the same cinema? I find 3D cinema to be far more immersive than its 2D counterpart, and I can't wait to have a gaming rig at home that gives a similar effect.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
I think Microsoft and Nintendo are being more realistic when it comes to 3D gaming. Microsoft is adopting a wait and see approach, whilst Nintendo is releasing a dedicated 3D device that doesn't require glasses.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
3D games are available today on Xbox 360 and will continue to evolve. Today, you can buy a 3DTV and wear glasses to play games like Avatar and "Batman: Arkham Asylum." The promotional partnership with LG announced in South Korea today is specific to the South Korean market, but is further evidence that as 3D adoption grows, Xbox 360 will support 3D games and entertainment.

Which basically means, if enough people buy 3DTVs, we will push 3D on the Xbox. Not the other way round like Sony is doing, that being said I would do the same thing if I was in their shoes, by pushing 3D technology they push the sales of 3DTVs, PS3s and Blu-Ray.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Sony sells 3D HDTVs. They need content in order to market and sell their TVs. That's the point.

Did I mention said Sony 3DTVs cost lots of money?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
The development of 3D games should actually benefit not 3D gamers too though. To run in 3D the frame rates need to be better. The developers wouldn't want to reduce the graphical quality of the games much so they will strive to improve frame rate in other ways. Some of these frame rate improvements will be there for the non-3D versions of the game too.

This is probably more important for the next-gen of consoles that will be developed with 3D in mind. The hardware will be build to deal with the extra processing 3D needs so, non 3D games will all benefit from that and so be able to push better resolutions at a higher more stable frame rate.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Audio in TV was a gimmick
Color TV was a gimmick
DVD was a gimmick
HD was a gimmick
BR was a gimmick
Front camera was a gimmick
3D was a gimmick]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
1. Audio was not a gimmick, it was an innovation that everyone wanted in earlier cinema and progressed to tv from there.
2. See (1.)
3. DVD was not a gimmick but a replacement for VHS in the same why CD was a replacement for audio cassettes.
4. BR is still a gimmick, not everyone wants or needs it and it has failed in every possible way to kill of it predecessor the DVD ... what are BR sales compared to DVD after what 5 years. It may have killed of a rival but still does not anywhere match market penetration of DVD.
5. Front camera is again still a gimmick, compare carry calls voice versus video and you'll see.
6. 3D is a gimmick, at the moment, the tec is not right for home viewing, simple as. There are too many conflicting ways to view, no de facto standard, and it's way too expensive for mass take up (especially in the present global economy). ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/haha ...bluray... gimmick
You obviously don't have an hd tv.
Quote from wikipedia "16.3 million standard DVD software units were sold in the first two years (1997–98) compared to 8.3 million high-definition software units (2006–07).One reason given for this difference was the smaller marketplace (26.5 million HDTVs in 2007 compared to 100 million SDTVs in 1998). According to Singulus Technologies AG, Blu-ray is being adopted faster than the DVD format was at a similar period in its development. This conclusion was based on the fact that Singulus Technologies has received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines during the first quarter of 2008, while 17 DVD machines of this type were made in the same period in 1997."]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
Firstly don''t assume, I have a 50" full HD plasma.

Please look up the meaning of "market penetration",

Don't try and quote first year sales figures as there are other reasons for sales (DVD for instances was not widely available in Europe until 1998/99, with mass availability of cheap units in 2003/04). Also, in this case the PS3 was included in initial BR player sales figure, most buyers bought this to play games to watch BR movies. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
I dont speak Japanese but I think this guy trying to say "I have a cat in my pants." [Figurative]]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/importantly convergence is critical to user enjoyment and impact of 3d. It's audiences in 3d cinemas are not getting the full effect of well calibrated 3d.

Also, anyone who says 3d is a gimmick have not played a video game that requires depth perception like a platformer. It significantly improves gameplay.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/A true 3D platformer would be cool. I know Little Big PLanet has 3 layers (i think, haven't actually played it) but being able to actuaclly see them in 3D would be cool.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/ 3D conversion on the TV?). It is no gimmick, I have a 3D TV and have played the 4 or 5 PS3 demos/games in 3D (plus the Avatar Game which uses side by side and some other formats if your TV does not support that) that are available and they are no joke or gimmick. Also I'm not sure what they're talking about with the slider in Sly Cooper, of course there will be a slider, there are sliders in all of the 3D Games for the PS3 already in the options that I know of. I always max it out with the exception of Avatar, I leave it at 1 (it goes up to 2).]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
I have a wii emulator installed on my computer and can play most wii titles in true field-sequential 120hz stereoscopic 3d using my HD66 projector and nvidia 3d vision. The wii emulator use DirectX and nvidia 3D vision can produce stereoscopic 3d in most games as long as they are DirectX compatible.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
like "game cannot be played in non 3d mode". that's what the 3ds brought out, with it's slider, 3d being an available option - just like nvidia's 3d vision (though an expensive option)

the film industry should have an option like this, too, for 3d blu rays. it can get nauseating, being forced to watch the 3d the film directors want you to watch.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/
just keep giving us what the other 99.95% want.More and more great exclusives and great games.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/playstation-3-could-get-3d-depth-slider-a-la-the-3ds/Jul 22nd 2010 7:58PM