3D Vision Blog

It seems that another newspaper is going to have a complete 3D print issue coming, of course with anaglyph images and paper glasses provided. The idea of the British tabloid newspaper the Sun is to have all the materials in anaglyph 3D and all the ads if possible, but as they require higher advertising fee for 3D ads they may not succeed to get every ad in 3D. The 3D edition of the Sun will be published on June 5th and will have a bigger circulation number because of being 3D with the expectations to generate bigger interest from the readers. This of course is possible since this will actually be the first newspaper printed in 3D in England (we already have a Polish and a Belgian 3D newspapers), so with the huge interest in everything 3D it should turn out as a quite good promotion. Although I’m not a big fan of anaglyph stereo 3D, it is still the cheapest solution that is possible to be implemented on printed paper. And even if it might not be so attractive for people that have 3D Vision or other better stereo 3D solutions it still should help to get more attention from the general public that may be experiencing stereo 3D for the first time and for them even anaglyph should be Ok. We actually need more and more such initiatives to drive the public interest into 3D and help speed up the adoption of different 3D solutions and in turn to get more and more 3D content available…

- To visit the official website of the British tabloid newspaper the Sun…

It seems that the Belgian sport newspaper La Derniere Heure / Les Sports (Last Hour Sports) is not the first one printed in 3D with anaglyph images, as one of the readers reported there is Polish newspaper that has done that in 2005. The commemorative edition (60 years) of the regional Polish newspaper called “Dziennik Baltycki” (The Baltic Daily) was issued on May 19th, 2005 in 51,170 copies, consisting of 28 pages with 3D photos and ads and 4 pages special posters with three-dimensional geometrical figures on the one hand and the 3D solar system on the back. In addition to the 3D photos in the articles, almost all ads were also printed in anaglyph 3D, but not all ads – only 90% (it seems that they were not ready to go all 3D as they are now). For the rest of the advertisements clients didn’t agree to a 3D form of publication. Main newspaper was then accompanied by a second part, which consisted of 8-12 pages modified due to the distribution area (subregions like Kociewie, Kaszuby, Powisle, Slupsk Earth, Trojmiasto [Threecity of Gdansk, Sopot, Gdynia]). However, second part was printed normally in 2D. “Dziennik Baltycki” (The Baltic Daily) every year publishes a special edition of the newspaper with some interesting thing implemented as the idea for the 2005 issue only was to be in 3D. And also this year, in May, such a special edition should be expected to celebrate 65 years of newspaper with another unique idea implemented. Selected pages newspapers were published with the consent of Maciej Wosko, editor-in-chief of the newspaper and available on the blog of Henryk Jursz who reported this.

- To see pages of the anaglyph 3D issue of the newspaper “Dziennik Baltycki”…

Lately there is some talk about Nvidia releasing new 3D glasses called 3D Vision Discover Glasses, but that matter seems to need a bit of clarification. These new 3D glasses are not going to be a replacement for the shutter glasses in the GeForce 3D Vision kit, but something completely different. And although there is already some information or maybe just rumors that Nvidia is preparing a second generation LC-shutter glasses for an update to the existing GeForce 3D Vision the 3D Vision Discover Glasses are not going to do that! Instead Nvidia’s 3D Vision Discover Glasses are going to be a custom-designed, specialized anaglyph (red/blue) glasses that will work with the existing 3D Vision drivers…

With the 3D Vision Discover Glasses, 3D Vision’s drivers and a nVidia-based graphics gard you’ll be able to achieve nice view of 3D Stereo in a lot of games relying on anaglyph technology for depth reproduction. And although the results won’t be as good as with the specialized 3D Vision glasses and a compatible monitor, you’ll still be able to achieve pretty good depth perception on your normal monitor. This means you won’t have to pay for a high-end video card, specialized glasses or even a high refresh rate display, because they are not needed for anaglyph 3D Stereo. Nvidia says it’s 3D Vision Discover glasses will be bundled with selected GeForce graphics cards starting in summer 2009, but there is still not a lot of information about that. You can subscribe to the special newsletter they prepared in order to receive more news when the glasses become available. The thing is that you may already be ready for enjoying 3D Stereo in games if you already own some paper anagyph glasses bought with some 3D DVD movie. Even if you don’t have them you can buy a pair of paper anaglyph glasses very cheap or go for more advanced plastic ones for better results. I personally would recommend anachrome anaglyph glasses as I had best results with them so far, but you are welcome to try any other or just wait for more information from Nvidia…

Either way, I’ll soon be doing some tests with different anaglyph glasses I currently own, until there is more info available for nVidia’s optimized anaglyph glasses, so expect more on the topic very soon… ;)

- For more about Nvidia’s 3D Vision Discover Glasses…
- To check some alternatives for getting a hold of anaglyph glasses…