3D Vision Blog

Nvidia has published a new beta drivers pack for the owners of GeForce 3D Vision glasses. The new CD v1.10 pack consists of GeForce GPU driver v190.38 WHQL and NVIDIA 3D Vision driver v190.38 that are compatible with Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit and Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit. Here is a list of all the new features, changes and improvements, but have in mind that we are talking about a beta version of the driver pack…

List of New Features

- Adds support for Resident Evil 5 tech demo, optimized for NVIDIA 3D Vision. PC gamers will get the most intense Resident Evil experience to date as Resident Evil 5 will take advantage of NVIDIA 3D Vision technology (wireless 3D Vision glasses sold separately), bringing a whole new dimension of horror to PC Gamers. Fans that pick up the PC version will be the first to experience Stereoscopic 3D out of screen effects as their living rooms are transformed into the village of Kijuju. Infected Majini coming at players from every angle, dust flying in and out of screen and the scariest bosses to date are taken up a notch. Resident Evil 5 PC is a whole new level of fear players will never forget. The game also supports Stereoscopic 3D in all of its cut scenes – an industry first. Download it today!

- Fixed operating system crash with Windows 7 64-bit when using multiple displays

- New 3D Vision game profiles. Please visit this website for a full list of game ratings.
o Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
o Armed Forces
o Battlestrike: Forces of Resistance
o Battlestrike: The Road to Berlin
o Battlestrike: Western and Eastern Front
o Biohazard 5
o Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island
o Damnation
o Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
o EverQuest II
o Free Realms
o Ghostbusters
o Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
o Hinterland: Orc Lords
o I-Fluid
o MKZ
o Necrovision
o Overlord II
o PhotoJoy Screensavers
o Resident Evil 5
o Star Tales
o Tian Xia 2

- Updated 3D Vision game profiles. Please visit this website for a full list of game ratings.
o Devil May Cry 4 – fixed NVIDIA SLI corruption on the screen edges and adjusted frustum
o FIF09 – fixed shadow corruption
o Hellgate London – now works properly on 64-bit operating systems
o Mirror’s Edge – adjusted the laser sight depth
o NHL 2008 – adjusted the player names so they are on screen
o Race 07 –added the Steam version of the executable in driver to properly recognize and configure the profile
o Sims 3 – fixed water rendering corruption
o World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – adjusted the frustom angle so menus are not cut off at the edge of screen

- Download the new NVIDIA 3D Vision CD v1.10 BETA Drivers

With the 3D Vision drivers you get a nice bonus, or at least you may call it like that, because apart you’ll also get free support for anaglyph 3D stereo mode. Or said with simpler words you’ll be able to play with a depth perception using your normal computer system and a pair of anaglyph (those plain old red/cyan paper or plastic) glasses. Of course using the anaglyph mode will not provide the same impressive and great looking depth perception in games and 3D applications, but will give you a nice upgrade when gaming, because you’ll be able to at least have some 3D effect. The requirements that the anaglyph mode has to you is to own a pair of anaglyph glasses and it seems Nvidia will start offering some of these very soon, but you can also get them from other places pretty cheap. The only other thing you’ll need is an Nvidia-based videocard, preferably a faster one that can provide enough frames for comfortable playing. There is no limit to the supported GPUs as when using the 3D Vision shutter glasses, and also there is no need to have a special 120Hz display, because anaglyph mode can work just fine with your normal CRT or LCD monitor. Just have in mind that the 3D Vision drivers require you to be using Windows Vista or Windows 7 in order to function, because they are not available for Windows XP! So why don’t you install the latest video drivers version 186.18 and the 3D Vision drivers included in the package and try the anaglyph 3D mode…

Here is a quick setup guide:
1. Open “Nvidia Control Panel” in Standard or Advanced mode.
2. Select “Stereoscopic 3D” and choose “Set up stereoscopic 3D”.
3. Click on the checkbox called “Enable stereoscopic 3D” in the main panel.
4. A new window will open, where you need to click on the button labeled Next.
5. Put a tick in the checkbox celled “Enable 3D Vision Discover” and click on the Next.
6. You’ll see a message saying no compatible 3D display is found, again click on Next.
7. Now you have to put on your anaglyph glasses and pass the test you’ll be provided with.
8. A new test is being displayed to verify if you are actually seeing depth on a special image.
9. Finally you can see some 3D stereo demo images if everything is fine, but you can as well skip this step.
10. If you’ve passed the two tests everything is ok and you can start playing games in 3D Stereo using your anaglyph glasses.

By default you have set a depth value of 15% which should be Ok for a start, but you’ll probably want to be able to adjust it during gameplay to achieve the best possible perception of depth. If you’ve had GeForce 3D Vision there is a hardware button to easily change the depth percentage, but here you’ll have to do it with a key combination. Another thing that you should know is how to activate and deactivate the anaglyph 3D mode with a key combination, because by default when you run a 3D application it will be automatically activated. If you don’t want that check the Hide stereoscopic 3D effects when game stars in drivers’ control panel. Then when you want the 3D mode turned on you need to just press CTRL + T and then a second time to disable the anaglyph mode so your game will be back to normal. The other useful key combinations are CTRL + F3 to decrease level of depth and CTRL + F4 to increase it, of course there are more kay combinations, but I’ll discuss them later on in a separate topic. This should be just enough to get you started in playing games with anaglyph glasses with a pretty nice 3D effect, although you’ll notice that you have some problems with color reproduction, but that is normal when using anaglyph glasses so don’t worry…

Aside from the color reproduction and perception you might notice one other thing that is also completely normal after using anaglyph glasses so don’t freak out if/when that happens. If you haven’t used anaglyph glasses up until now when you wear them for some time and take them off your vision will be a bit strange for a while. And if you close one of your eyes you’ll either see a hotter image (more reddish) or a colder one (more bluish)… as I told you it is normal and a few minutes later everything will be back to normal. This happens because your eyes adjust with the different color filters the anaglyph glasses use and even when you take them off there is some time needed for them to revert to normal. ;)

- To download the latest Nvidia drivers for your videocard…