CES 2009: Sony previews PS3 stereoscopic 3D support

Do not adjust your monitor. That picture’s supposed to look like that. That’s a sample of Sony‘s stereoscopic 3D technology that they showed off over at CES 2009. You’ll need a dorky pair of glasses to view it correctly. How dorky, exactly? Check out a pic after the link.

Do not adjust your monitor. That picture’s supposed to look like that. That’s a sample of Sony‘s stereoscopic 3D technology that they showed off over at CES 2009. You’ll need a dorky pair of glasses to view it correctly. How dorky, exactly? Well…

He looks a bit like Elliott Gould. At least the lenses aren’t in bright blue and red. The tech was demonstrated with the PlayStation 3’s WipEout HD, running in true 3D. Don’t get too excited though. Although Blitz Games said last month that Sony “fully intends” to support stereoscopic 3D gaming, the Sony rep at CES wasn’t so quick to give promises:

Don’t get caught up with specs. We’re not going to talk about specifications. This is just a look at what 3D could look like if Sony decided to move in this direction.

That said, he didn’t offer any other details about the tech, but we can expect more details soon – CES is far from over. It’ll be amazing if studios start developing games for the PS3 with this tech in mind though.

Via Ars Technica