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The New Nintendo 3DS uses parallax barrier autostereoscopy to display a 3D image.

A stereoscopic video game (also S-3D video game) is a

stereo display. Such games should not be confused with video games that use 3D game graphics on a mono screen, which give the illusion of depth only by monocular cues but lack binocular
depth information.

Description

Stereoscopic video games have been available for several years for PCs through the

HD3D, DDD TriDef[1] that use compatible hardware and active shutter 3D glasses. For video game consoles, however, stereoscopic 3D support must be specifically built into each game. Potential stereoscopic game support is available, for instance, on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Wii U and PlayStation 4.[2] Nintendo 3DS is fully designed for autostereoscopic
games.

Although no longer considered a key feature for successful game development by as many as during the stereoscopic 3D hype in 2010, stereoscopic support for video games is still considered a minor enhancement to video games. Many individuals consider it to be the most significant enhancement to video games.[3] One of the reasons for the technology's lack of success was that the surprise effect quickly wears off.[4]

A HTC Vive that is designed for virtual reality gaming with stereo 3D graphics

A study at the University of Derby showed that converted 2D games do not transfer very well to stereoscopic 3D and concluded: "... games targeted to stereoscopic 3D audiences and devices must be designed from the start with stereoscopic 3D in mind." Therefore, stereo video games must have elements that can only be achieved in S-3D for a proper stereoscopic immersion.[5]

For example, in the game

plane. It makes navigation easier and serves a fundamental purpose. Super Mario 3D Land is another example for easier navigation and furthermore the game plays with depth, e.g. with Escher-style perspective puzzles.[3]

Developers also need to mind perceptual problems such as

stereo window violations[6] and occlusion of virtual objects.[7] Another scientific paper showed that S3D vision can measurably change player behavior depending on actual game design.[8]

Recent developments of consumer

virtual reality headsets such as for example Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Fove, and Open Source Virtual Reality also include stereoscopic support as one of their features.[3] The entire development trend of games and other software for such head-mounted displays remains to be seen.[3]

Rendering techniques

There are two primary rendering techniques employed in stereoscopic video games: 2D + depth rendering, and dual rendered 3D.[9]

2D + depth rendering

This technique generates a second point of view from a single rendered image. It has an upper limit on how much parallax can be created. 2D+ can be compared to 2D to 3D conversion techniques for 3D films. Several video games for Xbox 360 and PS3 used this method.[9]

Dual rendering

This technique renders two images. It creates the best stereoscopic effect but has double system requirements for graphic rendering and higher production demands.[9]

History

See also: List of stereoscopic video games

1980s

Famicom 3D System, released in 1987 for Japan only

Sega released the world's first commercial stereoscopic video game, SubRoc-3D, in 1982.[10] This arcade game introduced an active shutter 3D system, jointly developed by Sega with Matsushita (now Panasonic).[11] In 1983, the first model of the TomyTronic series of gaming laptop LCD game & watch-type stereoscopic 3D was released by Takara Tomy.[12] A 3D imager for the console Vectrex vector, a pair of 3D glasses using a rotating color wheel synchronized with the display was released by Smith Engineering in 1984.

Battle Bird, developed by

LCD shutter glasses enhanced by a Fresnel lens placed between the glasses and video screen, giving the impression of large 3-D images coming near the player.[16]

In 1987, the shutter-based

racing video game,[19] also released in 1987. The SegaScope 3D, Famicom 3D System and Continental Circus all used active shutter 3D glasses. In 1988, the X-Specs 3D glasses including 3D game SpaceSpuds for Amiga
were brought out by Haitex.

1990s

In 1991, the

Descent: Destination Saturn, was released in 1995.[22]

In early 1997, Sega demonstrated an early glasses-free 3D display system, called the Floating Image System. It displayed 3D imaging based on a multi-layer parallax system, and was presented by Sega AM3's general manager Hisao Oguchi.[23]

Metabyte produced Wicked Vision the first driver that made a half-resolution stereo (sync doubling) of more than fifty gaming PC (Glide, Direct3D and miniOpenGL)

Direct3D
that provided full resolution (page flipping) for stereo 3D on different graphics cards.

2000s

The Glasstron by Sony, mounted on a clear head

The GameCube (and Game Boy Advance to a lesser extent) had been built with Stereoscopic capabilities in mind, however the cost for the liquid crystals technology were prohibitively expensive at the time to make commercial sense.[24][25][26]

In 2001, NVIDIA brought out a driver based on Elsa technology that supported different types of glasses and screens, but only with their own graphics cards. The PUD-J5A for the PlayStation 2 was released in 2002, which incorporated virtual helmet technology (Glasstron) and was sold exclusively on the internet in Japan. It weighed 320 grams (11 oz), and used two screens of 108,000 pixels each (probably 450x240 pixels)[27] and had a single game (Energy Airforce Aim Strike![28]).

In 2005, the game Metal Gear Acid 2 was released on the PlayStation Portable from Sony with a stereoscopic rendering via the "Solid Eye" accessory that included a stereoscope lens cardboard that could never be reused. The EyeFX 3D shutter glasses for the PlayStation 2 was produced by SplitFish Gameware in 2006. This plugged into a joystick port of the console and added support for stereoscopic 3D in ten existing games. The 3D Vision kit for the latest generation of NVIDIA graphics cards was brought out in 2001, and combines a pair of LC shutter glasses as well as a wireless infrared transmitter connected to a USB driver for Windows.

2010s

In 2010, stereoscopic support for the PlayStation 3 was released via an automatic update of firmware. The new software includes a function for detection of 3D displays and a stereoscopic frame-buffer support.

HDMI 1.4 support on ATI graphics cards for games in stereoscopic 3D using the drivers provided by iZ3D
3D stereo also in 2010.

In October 2010 Josef Kunz published the app 'Difficult' in the apple appstore, a skill game, that uses a

Side-by-side
view, the first available 3D game for handhelds.

The

XL version was released in 2012, as well as the non-stereoscopic Nintendo 2DS in 2013. This was followed by the New Nintendo 3DS and its XL version in 2015. These have a feature known as "Super Stable 3D", which uses a sensor to detect the viewing angle of the player and adjust the autostereoscopic display as required to maintain the same stereoscopic effect at a wider viewing angle.[31]

See also

References

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