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FK · Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 1

Hi! Have you guys got any plans for including support for Nvidia's shutter glasses in the future? Seeing as Nvidia has locked their drivers to their graphics cards, supporting their glasses in your driver would open up a whole market for your driver - some people, like myself, like their HD 5870's and would like to get a 120HZ screen and those shutter glasses.

I've tried the demo of your driver in side by side mode with left and right reversed which makes it possible to play "cross-eyed" and I'm completely sold on 3d gameplay, however having read lots of reviews and user opinions, the shutter glasses seem to be a better technology at the moment... I'm sure there are lots of others who would buy your driver if they could use it with Nvidia's glasses.

BlackQ · Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:08:42 AM Post subject:

Hi, FK!

There are certain corporate limitation I have to discuss this issue, but what I can say is that news about AI users shutter support will come very soon Wink

Sorry about limitation to share more information atm

Zerofool · Posted: October 31, 2009, 05:17:55 AM Post subject:

Hi, BlackQ

Sorry about the dumb question but what does "AI" mean?
Is it related to users with old eDim.-like shutter glasses (and CRT monitors)?
And will this support be integrated in the upcoming release (that brings AA to ATI cards)?
I hope your limitations does not stop you to answer these particular questions (at least some of them) Smile

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Thanks

yuriythebest · Top Contributor Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 1318

Dragon · iZ3D Developer Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 351

Zerofool · Posted: October 31, 2009, 05:43:26 PM Post subject:

Dragon, thanks for clearing that up.
I guess I'll be staying in the ATI camp for now Smile

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BlackQ · Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:20:29 AM Post subject:

sorry for typo Smile

Nekto · Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Posts: 6

Would be good to see here an approximate time when nvidia's shutters will be supported by iZ3D drivers: 3 years, 1 year, 6 monthes, 3 monthes, etc.

rajkosto · Top Contributor Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 499

when nvidia releases the USB pyramid ioctl specs and other hardware datasheets and allows anyone to make applications that interface with it ?

mobies · Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Posts: 3

I would guess that you could drive the glasses with a standard ir blaster or something similar.
Or drive other non nvidia shutter glasses.
Cant see nvidia giving up their unique selling point.

Nekto · Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Posts: 6

rajkosto · Top Contributor Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 499

200$ is too much for a pair of lcds and a usb controller...
you can emulate it with a pair of old revelators/edimentionals which are like 20$ and a programmable usb microcontroller, in fact i intend to do this in the near future and release schematics/source/whatever is needed to make it

BlackQ · Posted: January 09, 2010, 08:18:25 AM Post subject:

let clarify your question:

"nVidia 3d shutter glasses support" or "shutter output support on nVidia GPU" - these are two different things - and difference is big Smile

ptalamo · Silver User Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 114

I just bought the Beta 120Hz shutter license.

I use a Nvidia 480 card and the nvidia Glasses / IR , is there a way to make it work ?

Likay · Posted: August 04, 2010, 10:05:33 AM Post subject:

The problem is the nvidia emitter that's driven by the usb.. They made it exclusively for their cards, drivers and system. There's probably a way to access both eye views using the nvidia stereoapi but my guess it'll be a slow and buggy process.