3D Vision Blog

Nvidia has just released a new beta 3D Vision Driver Full CD v1.15 that combines GeForce GPU driver version 195.39 and NVIDIA 3D Vision driver version 195.39 BETA drivers available for Windows Vista and Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit. One of the most interesting features in this driver release is the addition of three new 3D Vision officially compatible DLP projectors from Acer and these are: Acer X1130P, Acer X1261 and Acer H5360. The official compatibility and being listed as supported by the drivers means that yo should not have problems running the projectors for playing games, watching movies and looking through pictures in stereoscopic 3D mode. This is very important, because if the projectors are not officially compatible (like with the new BenQs that should be technologically compatible, but not issue free) you may have trouble setting them up to be used with GeForce 3D Vision!

Aside from the new DLP projectors support (the new ViewSonic models are still not officially supported too!), the new 3D Vision driver version 195.39 also updates some game profiles and of course some new profiles for games that that came out recently or are going to be released soon, so that the compatibility when playing them in S3D mode is ensured.

Updated 3D Vision game profiles
- Call of Juarez – DX10 smoke fixed
- Civilization 4 – convergence fixed
- Command and Conquer – Red Alert 3 – water rendering fix
- F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate – fixed fire rendering
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising – rendering halo fix

New 3D Vision game profiles
- ArmA II
- Borderlands
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Fallen Earth
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Lego Indiana Jones 2
- Mini Ninjas
- Order of War
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Section 8
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes
- War Leaders: Clash of Nations
- Trine

- To download the new 3D Vision drivers Full CD v1.15 Beta…

A lot of people were eagerly expecting the new 3D Vision-ready projectors from Viewsonic to become available on the market and to buy them to get really big Stereo 3D displays to play with, including myself. And now that the ViewSonic PJD6211, PJD6221 and PJD6381 3D-ready DLP projectors are already available on the market it seems that you better wait a bit more, before going for them especially if you wish to use them with your 3D Vision glasses. It seems that these projectors do have some problems working with 3D Vision and some people are having problems making them to work, although some suggest that setting the projector as a CRT display helps. It seems ViewSonic needs to release a new firmware update (according to Nvidia, but Viewsonic claims they need new drivers from Nvidia) to make the things work as they should and avoid any problems and this should probably happen by the end of September. And in those few weeks we might also see an new version of the 3D Vision drivers with even more improvements, one of which will probably be the addition of support for the new MPO image format for Stereo 3D pictures and of course more gaming profiles. So I’m just going to wait a bit more to see how things develop, instead of getting one of these new “3D Vision-ready” (or not yet ready) projectors now and I suggest you do the same if you are interested in them… ;)

- For more information about the 3D-ready 120Hz projectors from Viewsonic…

Recently Nvidia is making quite a few new products that are not in their main focus and by that I mean the GPU business. Some of the new interesting products coming out from nVidia are for instance the ION platform or the Tegra, products based on which are just now slowly starting to come out in the market. Actually there is one more interesting solution that was announced a few months back, but just recently became available in Europe – GeForce 3D Vision. These are basically LC shutter glasses (often referred as LCD shutter glasses which is not entirely correct) that are designed to work with a suitable display that can provide at least 100 Hz or higher refresh rate. Now as normal LCD displays cannot provide such a high refresh rate or actually we better use the term frame rate here when talking about LCD displays we are going to need a new type of LCD displays. So Samsung and Viewsonic provided a solution in the form of 22-inch LCD displays with 120Hz refresh rate so that they can be bundled with the 3D Vision glasses to provide the best experience. So far ViewSonic VX2265wm is only available on the American market and the Samsung 2233RZ is available in Europe both bundled with nVidia’s 3D glasses or as a standalone monitors. Apart from these two monitors you can also use the GeForce 3D Vision glasses with a normal CRT display (that can provide high enough refresh rate) if you still have one of these lying around. There is also support for some DLP TV sets and 3D projectors, but these are still not very popular and widely available so the best way is just to get the 22-inch Samsung or Viewsonic LCD display available where you live. By the end of this year other LCD display manufacturers should also start to provide suitable models with high refresh rate, bigger resolution and size, but we will have to wait and see.

With the help of Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision you can start enjoying a way more impressive 3D gaming experience, watch suitable 3D movies and even look at digital photos in 3D. Of course the most interesting and impressive features is the use of the technology for gaming, making most of the new titles and a lot older games a lot more impressive. By utilizing the 3D Stereo shutter glasses you can experience all 3D games in a new way, even games that you can completely finished playing will seem different to you when you’ll be able to see the depth of the 3D world around you. Of course not all games work perfect out of the box, but most of them have built-in profiles and provide information and good enough result by default and then you can tweak them a bit to achieve better results based on your personal preferences. But even if a game doesn’t have a profile there is a high chance it will work fine with some minor tweaking or even without having to do anything special, you just have to try. And the list of games that have serious problems or are not working at all is very small indeed and there is a chance that they may become supported in later updates of the drivers. I’ll tell you some of the games that provide the best results combined with GeForce 3D Vision that you should definitely try if you have the chance to test this 3D Stereo product or even if you buy one yourself. Anyway there is way more to come about Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision and not only about it, so stay tuned for more information… ;)