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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Poll: Do you have a 3D TV or Computer?

I have one of those neighbors: the guy who'll ambush me in the garage of our townhouse apartments and talk for an hour about things no one cares about. The guy who'll pounce on me when I open the front door to sign for a UPS delivery, and will drag me into his apartment to show me his latest tech toy while I grit my teeth and try not to remind him that I've known about his Dolby in-home surround-sound for a week thanks to the small localized earthquakes shaking their way up through my hardwood floors. His latest ambush, though, actually didn't bother me - because he had a new 53-inch 3D TV, and he wanted me to try it out.

It was...okay. I saw nothing but grainy overlays that didn't quite live up to the promise of being able to make anything 3D, but that could just be my weird contact lenses. My partner, on the other hand, wants one so badly I had to mop the drool up off the floor. Even worse, there's screen envy going on and all the brochures littering the apartment are for bigger models. I think it's a waste of money, but at the same time...I was customizing a new Origin laptop the other day and the 3D-capable model tempted me, and not just because you can make World of Warcraft look 3D. I get enough eyestrain in Icecrown without that, thank you. No - for the animation potential, as many animation programs are now coming out with their own homegrown solutions for creating 3D media. I admit, I'm a little tired of the overdone 3D craze, but the ability to develop and view immersive media is entirely too tempting.

How do you feel about 3D-capable hardware? Do you own any?

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