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     Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Hi, I'm very new to VR, but very intrigued by it. I am currently planning to buy a Philips Scuba, and was wondering if it supports nVIDIA's Stereoscopic Drivers. I would also like to know any comments on the Scuba unit (pros & cons). Thanks. | ||
| Christoph Bungert (Admin) Rating: N/A |
The Scuba, at least the one I know of (from 1997) has only a single display and isn't stereo capable. Apart from that it has no VGA-input. Christoph | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Scuba uses a splitter to reflect the single display's image to both eyes. It was one of the few units to actually do this, which made it less expensive at a time when the microdisplays were the most expensive part of the HMD. Maybe someday the microdisplays will be as cheap as the cost of the splitter, so dual displays are easier... then stereo 3D is a natural. | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
About the no VGA input on the Scuba: I plan on using the AITech Web Cable Plus for the VGA-to-NTSC converter. I would like to know if this would be suitable for the unit, and if anyone has used this converter before, how is the quality? This might be another stupid question to ask, but would there be any noticable quality lost when using a VGA-to-NTSC converter with an HMD? Thanks. | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Does that also mean I can't get a 3D effect at all when using the Scuba? | ||
| Christoph Bungert (Admin) Rating: N/A |
##Does that also mean I can't get a 3D effect at all when using the Scuba? No stereo3D on the Scuba! ##so dual displays are easier... then stereo 3D is a natural. There are already lots of HMD's around which have two panels, but no stereo capability. Christoph | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
> There are already lots of HMD's around which have two panels, but no stereo capability. WHAT A WASTE!!! | ||
| Jonathan M. Dogey Rating: N/A |
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| Scott Warren Rating: N/A |
Re: Monitors and HMD's that don't specifically support stereo... If you have an HMD or pair of monitors that are driven together and are basically acting as an extrawide canvas (but don't explicitly support a stereo driver), I think it would be possible to set up Peter Wimmer's Stereoscopic Player in Parallel Side-by-side mode, play fullscreen scaled, and (assuming both displays have the same rez setting) it should split down the middle. This would give you a separate Left eye and Right eye view. re: VGA-to-NTSC... Right off the top, I would say you lose 1/2 the resolution--even given the ~same dimensions and refresh rate (640x480 @ 60Hz)--because NTSC is interlaced. As most "VGA" connectors are usually outputting higher than VGA dimensions these days (SVGA,XVGA,etc), there is probably much more lost. Also, VGA is an RGB signal, NTSC is a YUV-type signal, so there is some colorspace loss there too. HTH, Scott | ||
| Devil Master Rating: N/A |
Would it be possible to modify the optics of a Scuba so that each eye sees half of the picture (left eye=left half, right eye=right half), then connect it to the TV-OUT port of a video card and run games in side-by-side split-screen stereo mode? |
