3D Vision Blog

Here is a new German amateur 3D short film called “Der Schatten der Gerechtigkeit” (The Shadow of Justice), probably the first German amateur short film shot in stereoscopic 3D. The movie is in German, but the version below is with embedded English subtitles in 3D, so that you’ll understand the dialogues (other versions are also available). The production was done with a custom side-by-side camera rig using Canon HV30 and HV20 HD cameras, because these cameras were already available, along with the rest of the equipment, so it was basically a no-budget production. For the post production a Zalman 3D Monitor was used and Acer H5360 3D projector for previewing the material in stereoscopic 3D, all the editing was done in Adobe Premiere Pro and the compositing in Adobe After Effects.

The length of the movie is 13:31 minutes and it is available in HD quality (1280×720) in Over/Under format with the left frame first best viewed with 3D Vision Video Player or Stereoscopic Player, but any other 3D setup should do. The movie is also available in anaglyph format, on Youtube 3D and in 2D version, but only the Over/Under version linked below has English subtitles, the rest are all available only in German for the moment. The end result is great, especially considering we are talking about an amateur short movie and not a professional production, but then again it also took over 8 months to prepare everything you’ll see in the video.

- Download The Shadow of Justice in Over/Under format with English subtitles
- Links to the other versions and more interesting materials are available here…

If you ever considered getting a 22-inch Stereoscopic 3D monitor from IZ3D, now may be the right time to do that in the holiday season as the company just announced that it is lowering the price to $349. Furthermore you can take advantage of additional 20% discount of this price (only if ordering trough IZ3D’s webshop!) and thus purchasing the 22″ Iz3D display for just about $291. The only thing you need to do is when checking out to write the following promo code: 91927c7d and you should be all set. And if you ask why IZ3D and not GeForce 3D Vision, the answer is quite simple actually… IZ3D’s display and drivers work on any kind of video card (ATI-based video card for instance) and not only on Nvidia, unlike the 3D Vision driver that requires you to have an Nvidia-based VGA. And of course the 22-inch IZ3D display does not use active shutter glasses and a 120Hz display, but instead relies on dual screens (inside one monitor) with different polarization and passive polarized glasses in order to achieve the Stereoscopic 3D effect. And of course this technology also has its pros and cons, but if you wanted to get one of these and save some money now should be the right time to take advantage of the discount offer.

- To visit IZ3D’s website for more information about their 22″ S3D display…

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 trough 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…