MartinL
Sep 15, 2003, 11:31 PM
Has anyone tried this product with FMS. Sounded good with a report from the heli newsgroup...
http://www.edimensional.com/misc/howitworks.htm
Any feedback from here is much appreciated..b4 I fork out
my $. I always wanted FS with 3D. It comes with all other
neat benefits like watching DVD 3D......
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"PC" <F@you.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.19cf37955c49af0e98972e@text.news.ntlworld .com...
> Hello guys!
>
> I have just thought of something that I think improves the flight sim
> experience and wonder if anyone here has also tried this.
>
> I have often found it slightly difficult to judge where in space the heli
> in a sim actually is when it flies off into the distance next to lots of
> obsticles. It just doesn't quite feel the same as flying the real heli
> somehow, because the screen is just a 2D image I am looking at; and in
> real life I'm obviously looking at the heli in 3D.
>
> Today I had an idea of trying out these 3D gaming glasses on Pre-Flight
> to see how it improves the sim flying experience. WOW! It's amazing!!!
>
> The heli actually looks like it is flying in and out of monitor, and it
> does seem to make it easier to judge where in space it is at a distance.
> I found it easier to land it using the glasses too.
> I'd recommend anyone with 3D glasses to try this and see what you think.
>
> If you haven't heard about these 3D glasses there is something about them
> here: http://www.edimensional.com/misc/howitworks.htm
>
> Happy flying! :)
In article <bk5aoh$7b9$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, boo@spam_me_no_spam.net
says...
> >>Doesn't the Flight Sim software need to be developed for the use of 3D
> >>Glasses?
> >
> > Well I tried it on Pre-flight and it really is 3D.
>
> Does this mean that it works with any software even if it hasn't been
> written specially for the glasses ? If so then what is it like with
> something like Microsoft Word ?
The application must utilize Direct3D or OpenGL for the glasses to
funtion and Word doesn't. <g> :)
I've heard they can be used to even view DVD movies but I haven't tried
this myself.
The software doesn't need to be specially written for the 3D glasses to
work either. Most games will work with 3D glasses, and if a freeware
flight sim such as Pre-flight works very well with them then that's just
fan-****in'-tastic. :)
If you can afford them or know anybody that has access to them, GET THEM!
You'll be truly impressed at how your monitor can be turned from a 2D
flat screen into a 3D virtual window. :)
http://www.edimensional.com/misc/howitworks.htm
Any feedback from here is much appreciated..b4 I fork out
my $. I always wanted FS with 3D. It comes with all other
neat benefits like watching DVD 3D......
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"PC" <F@you.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.19cf37955c49af0e98972e@text.news.ntlworld .com...
> Hello guys!
>
> I have just thought of something that I think improves the flight sim
> experience and wonder if anyone here has also tried this.
>
> I have often found it slightly difficult to judge where in space the heli
> in a sim actually is when it flies off into the distance next to lots of
> obsticles. It just doesn't quite feel the same as flying the real heli
> somehow, because the screen is just a 2D image I am looking at; and in
> real life I'm obviously looking at the heli in 3D.
>
> Today I had an idea of trying out these 3D gaming glasses on Pre-Flight
> to see how it improves the sim flying experience. WOW! It's amazing!!!
>
> The heli actually looks like it is flying in and out of monitor, and it
> does seem to make it easier to judge where in space it is at a distance.
> I found it easier to land it using the glasses too.
> I'd recommend anyone with 3D glasses to try this and see what you think.
>
> If you haven't heard about these 3D glasses there is something about them
> here: http://www.edimensional.com/misc/howitworks.htm
>
> Happy flying! :)
In article <bk5aoh$7b9$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, boo@spam_me_no_spam.net
says...
> >>Doesn't the Flight Sim software need to be developed for the use of 3D
> >>Glasses?
> >
> > Well I tried it on Pre-flight and it really is 3D.
>
> Does this mean that it works with any software even if it hasn't been
> written specially for the glasses ? If so then what is it like with
> something like Microsoft Word ?
The application must utilize Direct3D or OpenGL for the glasses to
funtion and Word doesn't. <g> :)
I've heard they can be used to even view DVD movies but I haven't tried
this myself.
The software doesn't need to be specially written for the 3D glasses to
work either. Most games will work with 3D glasses, and if a freeware
flight sim such as Pre-flight works very well with them then that's just
fan-****in'-tastic. :)
If you can afford them or know anybody that has access to them, GET THEM!
You'll be truly impressed at how your monitor can be turned from a 2D
flat screen into a 3D virtual window. :)