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So, after upgrading my computer, I decided that since the monitor I was getting was 3D compatible, I'd give 3D gaming a try. I picked up the nvidia stereoscopic 3DVision kit and gave it a try.

The 3D effect through the active shutter glasses is really pronounced. More than I was expecting, and it really can enhance a game. Skyrim looks amazing through it. But, there's one problem.

EVERYTHING'S SO DIM!

Does anyone have any experience with active shutter 3D in gaming, and have any tips on how to make it... not so dark? Raising the brightness and gamma only goes so far.

tl;dr

The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.

3D cuts the brightness of the display in half.

Turn the brightness on the monitor up as far as it'll go.

Dim the room/ambient light (so your eyes adjust to a darker setting).

You should be good to go after these two steps. The room lighting is a bigger factor - you just need to make sure the monitor is "brighter" than the room, wall, desk that surround it so your eyes dilate according to the monitor's brightness, and not the ambient lighting's brightness.

How much do you know about adjusting the brightness, contrast, color, etc. on a display in general?

figmentPez said:

How much do you know about adjusting the brightness, contrast, color, etc. on a display in general?

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I tend to not mess with those settings, or I get purple people.

So, not a lot.

As stated already, you'll need to ratchet up the contrast and brightness. As long as you only change those two settings, it won't effect your color at all.

And I agree, Skyrim looks AWESOME in 3d. There are very few issues with it other than some water effects. For some reason shallow water doesn't render at the right depth but deep water is fine.

I can't wait until Arkham City unlocks on steam because AA looked great in 3d.

Ravenpoe said:

I tend to not mess with those settings, or I get purple people.

So, not a lot.

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Adjusting the brightness and contrast is going to be key to getting the best performance from your monitor.

Brightness adjusts the black level on the display. Counter-intuitively, you want this as low as possible, while still being able to discern the dimmest parts of a test image:


Contrast controls the white levels for the display. You want this to be as bright as possible without washing out the brighter parts of the image.

Color should show even fading for all three primary colors (my monitor is a little green at the moment, I guess I need to recalibrate.)

Any success in making things look good?

Control of ambient lighting has made the biggest difference. So yes, it does look very nice now, but I like more on some games better than others. It starts to hurt my eyes after awhile

It's been a while since I played in stereo 3d, mainly because the only genre that's neen interesting me the last year was shmups. Yeah, shmups.

One lovely gem in stereo 3d would be Prince of Persia 2008, it is a dream in 3D, as if it had been designed specifically for stereo 3d. And oh yes, the assassins creed games... Hopping and climbing those rooftops is incredible.

Unfortunately, there were quite some changes in my gaming rig (long story), but let's see whether I can bring my good old PJ to work together with my new Laptop (it's got a nvidia geforce gt 555m in it, I can play assassins creed brotherhood in full detail in 1920x1080 with it - it should suffice for stereo 3d in 720p)...

Wouldn't that kick serious ass to play Skyrim on a 110" screen?

Come to think of it... I HAVE to make this work!

Edit: I managed to get it to work...

Mind = blown, seriously...

Now, my setup is as follows:

Asus N75sf Laptop with a Quadcore i7 Qsomethingsomewhat, 2.2Ghz upt to 3.1 Ghz (Turbo mode with only one active core), an nvidia gt 555m graphics card, 8 GB ram, an acer h5360 Beamer and of course, the nvidia 3d-vision kit...

As the beamer only can display 720p, the graphics card manages to display the graphic fluently, but I had to reduce a few details. But astonishingly, not too many, the graphic didn't look worse than without 3d vision on 1080p...

I tested it with assassins creed brotherhood, playing it on a... 2.5 meter Wallscreen (thats about 110" I think...)

It. is. pure. gaming. sex!!! I literally felt vertigo scaling the collosseum...

Now... What about Skyrim, I read it is one of the most immersive experiences with 3d Vision? Can anybody confirm that?

3D gives me a headache after too much use. If I got 3D Skyrim I'd be a hurting unit.

As stated above, Skyrim looks absolutely AMAZING in 3D. There are very few issues.

So if I hooked my PC up to my 3D HDTV, would I be able to play it in 3D? If not, what would I have to do to set it up?

You need a geforce graphics card and younhave to buy the 3dtv-play software. And you graphics card must have an hdmi 1.4 output. More here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-overview.html

Interesting. Guess I'll wait. I have the drivers and everything, but I won't buy the software yet.

There is a 14 day free trial version... ;-)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-14day-trial.html

I think I'll do that when I get home today. Worth a shot to see if I can get it to work. I have the glasses and everything...

So would I have to connect this to my 3DTV or would I be able to stay on my current 24 inch monitor with the video card and software?

You have to use it on your HDTV with the glasses of your TV. The Details should be in the posted links - I haven't used 3dtv play myself, I'm using the nvidia 3d vision with the corresponding 3d-vision glasses and IR-emitter.