3D Gaming Coming Sooner than Expected
Sony has been unrelentingly pushing 3D gaming since last month’s Consumer Electronics Show. There, Sony was the biggest promoter of the revived format. Multiple interviews from Sony reps confirmed that the PS3 would be the focal point for Sony’s 3D push. Saying that, the console would receive an update for 3D support, later this year. However, leaked screenshots may indicate that the firmware is closer than most of us expected.
The following screenshots, courtesy of VG247, reveal that Firmware 3.2 will be the FW to finally enable 3D gaming.
Whether or not these screen captures are legitimate, is yet to be determined. So, let’s take this with a grain of salt. However, 3D gaming is, indeed, coming to the PS3. Just at CES, SCEA’s John Koller stated:
“It’s gonna take just a simple firmware update which most people do regularly anyway, and that’s all it’s gonna take to accolade the PS3 to 3D gaming.”
“It’s just a simple firmware update on the hardware.”
Stick with PlayStation LifeStyle as we’ll bring you all the latest regarding 3D, and it’s integration with the PS3 system.
16 Responses to “3D Gaming Coming Sooner than Expected”
I think what most gamers are wanting to hear about is Cross-Game-Chat and this will be evident in the comments that will follow…
3-D gaming will be nice but it will take a while for those of us that have to take time to save enough money to pay for a new HDTv with the ability to do 3-D…
If it is in update 3.2, I bet we still won’t see it until E3
I think that we may be getting a firmware in March, Sony did say that they wanted to go the quarterly route with them.
the fist 3d tv’s that i have seen are not expected until April. so the update is most likely in march-may.
Seems like people are really getting into this 3D thing. Personally it doesnt attract my attention much but it is a pretty neat thing to do.
Won’t be another year until many can even begin to think about afford a 3D TV though./
It’d be cool if 3D gaming works on a regular HDTV, I’m not buying a new TV for a long time.
Is there anyone on PSLS that thinks this is a good idea? 3D gaming would be great, but I have a very hard time believing this is going to happen. If they don’t get rid of the glasses this idea is never going to fly. If they do managed to get rid of them, then could someone tell me what the long term effects are of 3D on human eyes/brain? We were meant to see in 3D, but not like this. Are there any studies on the long term effects?
hello …
i’m into 3D, for games & bluray movies ..
so bring it SONY, bring it into my HOME LOL
cheers!
I’m excited for 3D.
@FiftyQuid
SONY is working on hollograms. So if you want 3D without glasses, just be a little bit more patient and eventually SONY will unveil what they got.
not to be captain obvious or anything
but it was pretty obvious that the new FW was gonna include 3D. Sony’s new line of 3d tvs are coming out in spring so its not surprising the next firmware will include 3d
I can’t care less about stereoscopic 3D.
What I want to know is where’s cross-game chat?
im actually pretty interested in this. it would be awesome if it was compatible with all hdtvs.
holy piss, if this hits before summer, I’ll shit bricks. I just bought a new tv, and I know they said Superstardust HD would be one of the first to get the update….
never thought we’d see it THIS soon
It’s good to have the option but i don’t think 3d tv’s are gonna replace Hd ones in the near future and until they become a standard ps3 may not even exist anymore…ps4 maybe
Sony should really focus primarily on “it only does gaming” than “it only does everything” with features like 3d that really doesn’t draw the attention of a wider audience
3-D TVs have been available for a while already and a 3-D ready plasma hdtv is available as cheap as $800 for a 42 inch screen
I got my Samsung plasma in early 2009 for $838 and it’s 3-D ready , just needs a computer ( or in this case a ps3 ) running the 3-D software , glasses and a 3-D receiver for the glasses which again will be the ps3 which can use either its bluetootn connection or a usb dongle depending on how the glasses you buy connect .
3-D gaming on ps3 has also been available for a while already with invincible tiger being a psn 3-D title that can use different 3-d types depending on your tv and equipment , from no 3-D to old school red/green lens paper glasses to high tech anamorphic 3-D .
I expect that the next update will include 3-d capabilities and that when Sony releases their 3-d ready lcd hdtv it will have automatic ps3 synch and bluetooth glasses connections to make it easy to connect to a ps3 . ( for those not knowing how 3-d works the glasses use shutters to display one eye at a time to give the 3-d effect , the shutter timing needs to be synched to the game or movie and that’s why you need a connection between the tv and glasses and something running software to connect the two and synch the timing with onscreen activity )