I experimented with a set of 3d shutter glasses some couple of years ago, and they too had the ability to convert 2d video to 3d, It seems the way they did that was by comparing frames to determine movement of individual pixels ( a cue to depth perception that I should know the name of but my psych professor is no doubt dying a little inside instead ) and by comparing relative movement of the pixels it determines the depth of the pixels. It wasnt perfect, but It actually wasnt half bad, and depending on the video being watched, really quite fun. Furthermore the glasses interpreted 3d at the driver level, and was able to convert some games to 3d ( i remember Painkiller was especially impressive for this for some reason ) So while I dont see anything really new here, Im really curious to see what advances the technology has made, if any.
The Rifts GM Guide actually went a fair way towards clarifying rules, especially in regards to combat. I havent looked into the new edition of the mainbook which supposedly offers a much clearer revised edition of the rules.
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I experimented with a set of 3d shutter glasses some couple of years ago, and they too had the ability to convert 2d video to 3d, It seems the way they did that was by comparing frames to determine movement of individual pixels ( a cue to depth perception that I should know the name of but my psych professor is no doubt dying a little inside instead ) and by comparing relative movement of the pixels it determines the depth of the pixels.
It wasnt perfect, but It actually wasnt half bad, and depending on the video being watched, really quite fun.
Furthermore the glasses interpreted 3d at the driver level, and was able to convert some games to 3d ( i remember Painkiller was especially impressive for this for some reason )
So while I dont see anything really new here, Im really curious to see what advances the technology has made, if any.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlqvdAaQNE this video at the end shows that the quasi robot is actually just a puppet and a voice changer.
The Rifts GM Guide actually went a fair way towards clarifying rules, especially in regards to combat.
I havent looked into the new edition of the mainbook which supposedly offers a much clearer revised edition of the rules.