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To: fireman15
I also bought an early-model shutter glasses system that ran on my Pentium computer with a CRT monitor. However, the industry was moving to LCD monitors and more powerful laptops and the shutter glasses technology didn't keep up.

Now, I also have a 3D television from 2014, but the 3D content fad has waned. I've been putting off replacing my 75" TV because I don't want to lose the 3D capabilities. I sometimes turn on the 2D->3D converter to watch some sports events, but the conversion process has some interesting artifacts that distort the picture.

I don't think I'm ever going to try the VR experience, though. I might have considered in 10 years ago, but I'd rather spend my time doing other things these days.

-PJ

2 posted on 01/26/2024 9:28:56 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too
However, the industry was moving to LCD monitors and more powerful laptops and the shutter glasses technology didn't keep up.

The problem wasn't so much that the shutter glasses technology didn't keep up... it was the refresh rate of the LCD monitors when they first came out. You can now purchase monitors that would work with the shutter glasses, but the software for them is so old that it likely would be difficult to get them to work with newer operating systems.

If it was not for my interest in flight simulators I am not sure that I would have much incentive to participate in other VR experiences.

9 posted on 01/26/2024 10:09:00 AM PST by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

You may want to consider new projectors. I have an Ultra-Short-Throw (UST) projector at 100”, although it’ll do 120”. Most of these projectors support 3D. It seems part of the problem people had with 3D was the immersion. Watching 3D movies from 10’ away at 100” is fun. I don’t see any cross-talk between left and right images. The active glasses are at 140hz now. It’s also 4k and does a descent job at upscaling. The 4k movies look incredible.

Modern projectors are moving to laser light sources, no bulbs. With UST projectors nobody can walk between the projector and the screen either. The only real downsides are the effort getting everything calibrated for the space you’ll use and the black levels don’t come close to OLED. That said, I don’t have $20-30k for a 100”+ OLED and you’ll probably still not have 3D. To get the best blacks/contrast you’ll also need an Ambient Light Reducing screen, which aren’t cheap. I’ll take the size over “blackest blacks” all day (personal opinion). My projector and screen totaled ~$4k....but that was 2 years ago.


10 posted on 01/26/2024 10:11:19 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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