Hardware After how much time the 3D "WOW Effect" vanishes for you?

[Jan1tor]

It hasn't gone away for me. I play everything with the 3D on. Though I usually have it turned down about a quarter. I tried it with it off and I found out I just like it on better. It never bothers my eyes though in racing games sometimes I loose perspective. But I love it turned on. It just makes it more realistic.

 

[SamAsh07]

It's still there and in pretty high levels, I still love playing in 3D! The WOW factor never vanished for me, never will.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I'm still loving the 3D effect.

In Zelda, I use it mainly for the cutscenes as they look better. I mean, opening the Door of Time with the 3D on was amazing. Or when the Great Deku Tree talks about the Goddesses, the rain drops during that cutscene made me go "whoah" a couple times.

I hardly play the game with 3D on when I'm just playing. I will do it for the odd time. I find that the 3D doesn't pop things out, rather it sucks my eyes in.

I think that's why I still like the 3D and it hasn't worn off for me. I don't use it all the time, so it doesn't get overplayed.

 

[bahamut920]

For me, it was never there. I've played a 3DS for a few hours, and all I got was eyestrain. I figure I'll give the 3D effect one more chance to wow me, when I actually buy the system in a month or two, then I'll probably end up turning it off, unless I for some reason need it on (extremely unlikely; I can't think of a reason I'd need to).

 

[ManFranceGermany]

I think you misunderstand me all. I meant after how many minutes of playing you don't see a big difference between 3D and 2D mode.
I said, for me its after around 1 1/2 hour and not if you saw and liked the 3D effect or not.

 

[pokechar]

I always play OoT3D at full 3D, and I never get tired of it. I turn it off once in a while just to see how it looks.

I just got DOAD and again the 3D effect impressed me much. I don't really care about 60 fps, as long as the 3d effect is good.

 

[heartgold]

I think you misunderstand me all. I meant after how many minutes of playing you don't see a big difference between 3D and 2D mode.
I said, for me its after around 1 1/2 hour and not if you saw and liked the 3D effect or not.

I don't know, I can always tell it's in 3D. So I guess I can't answer your question as you're looking for a time limit.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Sure its still different than in 2D Mode, but its not a huge leap anymore, like on the beginning.

You said yourself its still different from 2D

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What you are trying to say is "how long does it take for you to get adjusted".
Like I have said, there is 2 outcome. Either you get adjusted and play fine or your eyes get tired.

When adjusted, its not gonna strain your eyes too much, hence you play "normally".

 

[jceggbert5]

For me, after about 2 weeks, BUT the 3D effect is useful in games such as Lego Star Wars and Zelda OOT3D...

 

[KingVamp]

TBH idk when the wow fact comes off and on, but I can say how the 3DS shown me how flat games
are.

 

[DiscostewSM]

There isn't a whole lot of "WOW" instances (of course I haven't played LoZ on the 3DS yet), but the "cool" factor from games and apps don't vanish at all for me. I don't expect "in my face" pop-out visuals, which unfortunately is what everyone thinks when "3D-effect" is brought up, like when you go to some theme park or attraction that emphasizes a "3D-experience!".

 

[Pippin666]

In SSF43DE I always have the 3D-WOW factor. Same for Mercs, I bet it's gonna be incredible in Kid Icarus.

Pip'

 

[deadmaker]

I don't have the WOW effect anymore. When I first bought it, sometimes I would put my finger on the screen because it really looked like there was no screen. But now that I got used to it, with the 3D off it looks like a painting (just a plain 2D image) and with the 3D on it looks like a window. And that's now the only difference I see. In other words, it has become common.

 

[dsfanatic5]

I became adjusted to the 3D fairly quickly, and I prefer it at full depth. I think that games feel more natural in 3D, and it's only when I turn the 3D off once in a while, that I realize how flat and boring games look without it. The "new" factor of games in 3D has worn off a bit, as I get used to playing all 3DS games in 3D, but I'm still impressed by the effect.

 

[chris888222]

I don't have the WOW effect anymore. When I first bought it, sometimes I would put my finger on the screen because it really looked like there was no screen. But now that I got used to it, with the 3D off it looks like a painting (just a plain 2D image) and with the 3D on it looks like a window. And that's now the only difference I see. In other words, it has become common.

Same.

But at least I can still feel the difference with the slider pushed down/up.

 

[jalaneme]

the WOW factor is still there but i tend not to have the 3d effect on constantly because i can't always keep the 3ds effect on all the time, but when it works then yeah it's a big WOW.

 

[ferofax]

...why do people think that the stereo 3D effect is all about popups? it's not. it's depth. and by the time you get used to the 3D effect, it becomes subtle and not as intense as before. why? because your eyes are getting used to focusing on a more distant point, and not on the surface of the screen.

it's actually a good thing when you get to this point, because that means your eyes are no longer straining to focus on what you're looking at. you see what you wanna see clearly in an instant, and it feels natural now. i know that this is good because i recently acquired a PSP, and by god the pixels on that thing is TINY! i almost always had to squint to see, but i can't pull the PSP too close else i lose focus entirely. so trying to see small stuff on something so close is just too tiring for me, and i almost always end up having to take a nap after only two hours or so. it gets that tiring.

now, the only reason why i'm not a big fan of popups much is because i can't quite see it, being far-sighted (i have trouble focusing both eyes on nearby or in-your-face objects). so the depth for me feels more natural because of that. but bottomline is, stereo 3D is all about the depth.

however, i do understand that for some, they like that "wow" factor and enjoy it a lot, so maybe a shoutout to Nintendo to up the 3D range for everything else that they decide to put on it, like maybe up the layers or something. from what i can remember off the 3D adjustment (look under Settings), the 3DS top screen can do something like from 3 to maybe 5 layers of popup, and something like 10 layers of depth. i didn't really count, but you can by counting the boxes on the side that stretches outwards as you adjust the slider.

EDIT: i never really answered the main topic, but here it is. how long before the "wow effect" vanishes? if you're talking about the initial intensity of the 3D, it's instantaneous for me. the moment i turn the 3D slider up, my eyes adjust instantly, even at max. now if "wow effect" means the immersion you feel when viewing stereo 3D, then it NEVER FADES FOR ME. i always feel it, however subtly.

 

[AndreasSE]

The picture looks more "beautiful" and vivid for me with the 3D on, but I'm so used with it now that I can't really see that it's actually in 3D anymore, even with the 3D at the highest level. It's been like this since awhile before I got ZeldaoT.

 

[Deleted User]

Anti-aliasing failed with 3D. Everything looked horrible in OoT once I couldn't get this bad anti-aliasing out of my head. In 2D, everything was smooth. The WOW! Effect wasn't visible at all in OoT- in the Luigi's Mansion trailer there was a WOW moment when the lamp appeared.

P.S my brain is dead atm.

 

[JoyConG]

I lost it after a few days..

"..say, I think it would be easier if I played AR games with the 3D off."
"..Street fighter runs smoother with the 3D off."

I do get it back when I turn it on, especially when I get something new. Zelda and even Xevious really surprised me with 3D, but really, once you're playing, you forget about that you're actually playing in 3D.. at least during action heavy moments

So I turn it on once in a while and it normally surprises me