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Sony Teases 3D Playstation 3

Posted by Soulskill on from the next-big-gaming-revolution? dept.

Ars Technica has a brief report from CES, where Sony demonstrated the work they've done to bring 3D technology to the PS3. Quoting: "The idea was just to show the technology to people, to see if they would be interested in sitting at home, wearing a dorky set of black glasses, watching content in 3D. I couldn't pry details about how the 3D affect was achieved, or if the display could turn any source into 3D, but what's clear is that, glasses or no, the 3D affect is amazing. Sony showed off Wipeout HD running in true 3D, and I was ready to whip out my credit card right there. Frank and I both agreed, this was one of the best demos of 3D technology we have ever seen."

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  1. Nice astroturfing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At first I was only a little incredulous that someone loved Sony products so much, but then I saw the dead give-away:

    And of course the other big news blowing everyone away with the amazing things companies like EA are doing with Home make it staggering to think how incredible Home will be a year from now if it already is this good.

    You got greedy.

  2. Re:Hopeful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do we really need to move on from HDTV already?

    I'd say we haven't moved to HDTV at all.

    Not a lot of people I know actually have an HDTV. They are indeed still expensive, but more importantly, they don't really offer anything that people need or want. The difference between standard TV and HDTV is just not large enough for people to actually care about.

    HD-DVD is already dead and Blu-Ray doesn't seem to be doing all that well either. More evidence that people just don't care.

    What I'm hoping for is some actual innovation when it comes to television. On-demand streaming content, where I am no longer dependent of the exact time a tv show is aired, is a feature I'm missing. 3DTV sounds interesting to me as well. I'm certainly more likely to buy a new TV for those new features, than just to get crappy reality tv shows in a slightly higher resolution.