So I was wondering what people's thoughts are on stereoscopic 3d. It seems to be the next big thing in movies and TV and it's creeping into the games industry as well. I work for a company who does quite a bit of stereoscopic work but I've never actually seen any movies or anything in 3d (other than what we've worked on). Personally I think it's got it's place but I'm a long way off getting a 3d TV as faked 3d usually looks terrible and is more likely to take away from the experience of watching something rather than add anything to it. And the fact that you have to wear crappy glasses (none of them seem to fit my head right) is also another negative point. I briefly played the demo of Avatar in 3d and it looked quite cool, but again, I'm not sure if it added anything to the game. I'm not sure if the process for making games in stereoscopic 3d is much different to making games normally, but if it is, well that's just another area that game companies are going to invest time and money into rather than the important areas like story, gameplay and making sure the bloody thing doesn't crash every 5 minutes.

If it's done right I think 3d can be great but at the moment there's too much fake crap out there which is going to do more harm to the industry than good.

Thoughts?

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