The Third Dimension

NVIDIA has just given gamers a serious shot in the arm, and we’re not talking about the yet unreleased GT300 chip that is causing quite a stir. At first glance, you’ll be forgiven for mistaking the 3D Vision to be a really goofy green and black pair of sunglasses, which they’re obviously not! Given the abysmal history of attempting to give gamers a true 3D experience, these are quite a revelation. Not without the odd flaw as we found out. They’re well built and there’s a mini USB port on one of the temple-arms for charging the tiny built-in Li-Ion battery. There’s a small IR transmitter-cm-USB controller, two extra nose-pieces for fit and a rather long DVI-to-HDMI cable bundled. Each lens is actually a monochrome LCD and it works by alternatively blocking light to either eye. Therefore only certain frames are visible by each eye, while others are blocked and alternating frames are slightly offset – while this makes the monitor blurry to look at with the naked eye it also serves to allow the wearer to perceive 3D where there is, (obviously!), none. Driver integration is good, although there is definitely scope or improvement. All graphics cards from the 9800 GTX era and later are supported.

Obviously games need to support this and we had two titles that did – Crysis Warhead and Batman Arkham Asylum. Warhead looks decent but is full of glitches, especially issues with seeing two aiming reticules are unforgivable. Batman works flawlessly with a little tuning, however, and the game characters and environs seem to reach out and grab you – super immersive and this was, we have to admit, something that frankly adds a whole new layer to the gaming experience. Priced at Rs 11,490 it’s expensive but hardcore gamers will not mind. When more titles support the 3D Vision properly, we’ll heartily recommend it. Till that time, hold your horses.

Contact:

Aditya Infotech Ltd

Phone: +91-11-46665666

Email: sales@adityagroup.com

Website: www.adityagroup.com

Price: Rs. 11,490

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Ratings:

Features———–8

Performance——8.5

Build quality——7.5

Value for money—6.5

Overall————–7.5

Credit: Digit Magazine