Yeah, might as well get a NGP now. Think I may just pass on the 3DS until the following year, I'd rather have my NGP for Christmas.
3D: A game changer for only some people!
3D: A game changer for only some people!
Prescription glasses ruin 3ds 3d effect
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Do you wear glasses? If so did you see the 3DS yourself? It different with other people.Guild McCommunist said:
Some things to consider-
Your prescription will tend to have a good distance to focus at- I have known several people with stuff they do needing extreme close up work have to specially request glasses capable of (kind of hard to keep your head 70cm back in an engine bay).
Others have already mentioned expired prescription- I am sure we have all experience with people who have "perfect" eyesite until the time you manage to trick them into going to an opticians. The same applies to people who are already have glasses.
Those with varifocals or glasses that have a slight fish eye effect are more likely to lose the 3d effect- the effect relies on some conditions being true and one of those is effective distance between eyes which such lens will mess up or indeed it could merge fields intended for the other eye (no difference no 3d).
Modern 3d films are shutter shutter or polarised image affairs- this is lenticular which is a different technique entirely. It is something like looking at the top of a series of prisms hence fish eye which might pull light from the other "side" destroying the effect. It also means contacts might do the job as well but I have no real grounding in that side of things.
I am not sure if the lens had some form of polarised coating and likewise the screen might act as a weak polariser (those filters you get* that do it are little more than parallel strips/strings of plastic- see the more traditional lenticular stuff (the cereal box/kids magazines "moving images" sorts of things). That will destroy the 3d effect very quickly.
*you need not pull me up on "circular" polarisation.
Your prescription will tend to have a good distance to focus at- I have known several people with stuff they do needing extreme close up work have to specially request glasses capable of (kind of hard to keep your head 70cm back in an engine bay).
Others have already mentioned expired prescription- I am sure we have all experience with people who have "perfect" eyesite until the time you manage to trick them into going to an opticians. The same applies to people who are already have glasses.
Those with varifocals or glasses that have a slight fish eye effect are more likely to lose the 3d effect- the effect relies on some conditions being true and one of those is effective distance between eyes which such lens will mess up or indeed it could merge fields intended for the other eye (no difference no 3d).
Modern 3d films are shutter shutter or polarised image affairs- this is lenticular which is a different technique entirely. It is something like looking at the top of a series of prisms hence fish eye which might pull light from the other "side" destroying the effect. It also means contacts might do the job as well but I have no real grounding in that side of things.
I am not sure if the lens had some form of polarised coating and likewise the screen might act as a weak polariser (those filters you get* that do it are little more than parallel strips/strings of plastic- see the more traditional lenticular stuff (the cereal box/kids magazines "moving images" sorts of things). That will destroy the 3d effect very quickly.
*you need not pull me up on "circular" polarisation.
KingVamp said:
I wear glasses so if this is correct, then it won't work well for me and a lot of other gamers. And it wasn't because of him that the 3D was all kooky, it was because of the glasses.
If you near-sided it really doesn't matter because you right there at 3DS and could just simply take them off.Guild McCommunist said:
most gamers with visions problems (such as myself) are short sighted meaning that they shouldn't be wearing glasses when they play handhelds (unless they are complete idiots and want their eyesight to get even worse)Guild McCommunist said:
3d tvs on the other hand are bad for me because i either need to wear two sets of glasses or sit unreasonably close for the 3d effect to work..
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I can't read the text on Dragon Quest IX without glasses from 6-8 inches away. I can read the text from 3-4 inches away, but that means I can only see half a screen at a time. So for me, "taking off the glasses" is out of the question for anything that requires actually enjoying the game. I can't be the only one like this.
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I wear glasses, but I am also near-sighted. Shouldn't make a difference if I have them on or off, because I can still look at an object a little distance away from my face. The effect to make an object appear closer or farther away may change your focus, but the actual distance away will always be the same. Might be a problem with people who are far-sighted though.
This is still from "one" person's POV out of many, where the others have had no such problem. Not all of them may wear prescription glasses, but a good number probably do, and if such a problem was rampant among all users with glasses, then why haven't they chimed in? If we were to hear a dozen reviews with a similar perspective, then I'd be cautious about getting one, but that is not the case here.
This is still from "one" person's POV out of many, where the others have had no such problem. Not all of them may wear prescription glasses, but a good number probably do, and if such a problem was rampant among all users with glasses, then why haven't they chimed in? If we were to hear a dozen reviews with a similar perspective, then I'd be cautious about getting one, but that is not the case here.
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KingVamp said:
But I don't need to take my glasses off for my PSP or DS (yes, I'm nearsighted). I can play them fine, but my glasses would just trash the 3D effect. It's a "small" inconvenience but it's just another annoying one, and any farsighted person will just be fucked.
when you got your glasses they should have told you something along the lines of taking off your glasses when using a computer and reading/etcGuild McCommunist said:
ignoring that warning is a good way to ensure you are going to be shelling out for thicker glasses each year for the rest of your life
Wow, you just love your chances to put down the 3DS and praise the NGP. Every single chance ya get.Guild McCommunist said:
Yea, no offense, but I did expect him to come here and post something of what he just posted.Guild McCommunist said:
Slyakin said:
I'm just getting sick of people slinging the same "NGP brings nothing new but the 3DS is so new!" shit around every corner here.
I'll admit my comment there was a bit trolling though, so you got me there.
Sorry for trolling too; I just really want people to know that the consoles are a lot more equal then people might think.Guild McCommunist said:
I also have to agree with you; the NGP seems to beat the 3DS in a lot of categories. We really just need to have them for the final answer.
Of course, 3D without glasses. Makes perfect sense.
Dammit, already done.
Well, I'll get it anyway. Won't get the 3DS for the 3D and also I don't use glasses (yet)
Dammit, already done.
Well, I'll get it anyway. Won't get the 3DS for the 3D and also I don't use glasses (yet)
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