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From: Ken Morano <Kenneth.Morano@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Anybody using the EyeScream 3D Glasses
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My personal observations are that the glasses have never given me an
advantage in games. I still stink in GPL..... :^)

The effect is great, I agree, but for me, driving sims just don't seem
to lend themselves well to the glasses - GPL looks pretty much the same,
Motoracer  2 is the same story.  Viper Racing is a little buggy with the
glasses (I wish it used glide since the Metabyte glide wrapper seem to
work best). Surprisingly MS Cart Precision Racing works quite well and
the stereo effect seems to "pull" me into the game more (it's still CPR
though :^) ).  Monster Truck Madness 2 works also (the 2D cockpit is
best turned off) except the trucks don't look real - they look like
little toys bouncing around "inside" the monitor.

Do You get different results?

What really blows me away, is how amazing Janes World War 2 Fighters
looks in stereo. The 3d scalable cockpit "feels" real. Also, Janes F-15
looks great too but the F-15 2D cockpit looks like a flat piece of paper
and causes frame rate problems.  Padlock on F-15 is smooth enough
though.

Mike Barlow wrote:
> 
>         OK, You have our attention.  What these things and where can we pick
> them up?
> 
> Tony wrote:
> >
> > Mark Smith wrote in message <36c240ec.253051419@news.concentric.net>...
> > >Just got a pair of Wicked3D''s EyeScream 3D Glasses and they are really
> > cool
> > >with games like Dethkarz and GPL.  Was wondering if anybody else is using
> > them
> > >and with what racing titles.
> >
> > Have you tried them with any other racing games (F1RS or GP2)?
> >
> > I assume you're running a VooDoo2 board, right?
> >
> > Thanks in advance, these do look quite interesting (OK, and they're cheap
> > too!),
> >
> > Tony
> 
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