It seems like 3D is the big focus here at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. It's nearly impossible to miss the demonstration displays and the weirdos with the crazy glasses on here at the show. It's all anyone is talking about. Microsoft's Xbox Director of Product Management, Aaron Greenberg, also noticed this, but it doesn't sound like he feels that 3D is going to change gaming anytime soon.
"I think there's a lot of questions, to be honest," Greenberg told us in a meeting here at CES. "3D is great in the theater, but for the living room? I think we're a long ways away from that."
While the Xbox 360 currently supports 3D with games like Avatar, Greenberg points to things like required sitting distances and the need for glasses as potential hurdles.
He adds: "If the consumers want it? Fine."
"In the theater there's nothing between you and the experience, but as you have other people in the room and other people walking by, well, it's not the same experience."
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8:00 AM on 01.08.2010
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Because video games are complete unplayable in the conditions, apparently.
At least Greenberg seems to have his head on straight, I'll give him that.
is it just me or is that a completely opposite remark? but i'm also not Aaron Greenberg and cannot buy a complete theater just for myself with no one there but me.
i don't have people walking in front of me when i'm playing a game and if so, i pause the fuckin game. now a movie theater, i wil specifically choose my area hoping no one sit near me (so i can fart freely without concern) but someone will pick the dam spot in front of me and so i fart anyway hoping to scare them of.
Imagine how goofy we'd look playing Guitar Hero with a vitality sensor on our fingers, wiimotes strapped to our forearms, DDR dance pads under our feets and silly 3D glasses on our heads...
Everything every company does is a money grab, HD was a money grab, DVD was a money grab, etc. etc.. That doesn't mean it's bad for consumers, I think we can all get behind DVD at least right?
I kind of agree with the article that 3D will take a while to get into a lot of living rooms, Blu-Ray seems to be taking a while relatively and most people just got their HDTV and want it to last for years. Also, this may be a personal thing, but I don't see myself ever putting on glasses to play a game or watch a movie.
I know a lot of people who have gone 3D with their PC games though and most seemt to love, tell me I will love it, etc. etc.. Who knows.
Meanwhile at the Sony booth... Super StarDust HD and GT5 running in 3D with a firmware update slated for Summer... It will also make Sony's motion controller interesting as well because you'll have real 3D 1 to 1 motion with depth.
3D could have been good for Natal but it seems Microsoft didn't bet on this horse and feels left out. Awww muffin!
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