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     bigblue Rating: N/A |
I'm a professional 3D animator who would like to get into using 3D glasses. I'm new to the 3D glasses thing though, and I'm having trouble sorting through all the options. I'm hoping the level of experience I see reflected in the posts here will mean that someone can give me some solid advice on how to proceed and purchase the right hardware and software to meet my goals. Basically, I want to get a pair of shutter glasses that will allow me to do all of the following: 1. See the viewports in 3D Studio Max in 3D. I've read that this is possible, but I'm not sure that hardware/software is required. If it's possible, I'd also like to do the same with Maya. 2. View pairs of jpegs as stereo images. I've been experimenting with using my digital camera to take pairs of photos of landscapes, etc. and would like to be able to view them in 3d. 3. Of course, if I'm going to have 3D glasses, I'll want to try them on games as well; I'd prefer a solution that allows me to play both Open GL games and DirextX games in 3D - is that possible? I currently have PCs set up with a Gforce 3, an Elsa Gloria2 Quadro 1 (hardware Quadro, not soft) and a Gforce 2 MX. I'd probably set up on the Gforce 3 unless there's some reason to do otherwise. Sorry for the long post, but there it is! Any advice? | ||
| Marvio Rating: N/A |
biqblue, Hello, I'm also a 3D modeler/animator, and let me tell you something; Having a pair of shutter glasses won't help you at all with the work, I also thought it would make it easier to visialize projrects but at the end it's just simpler/more practical to go "2D". There are various reasons for this, but the main ones are: You won't be able to use shutter glasses for too long, especialy working, because of the flicker, the mesh views are actually quitte a lot harder to deal with, when viewed in stereo, and finaly, even on the smooth+highlight views the stereo effect, altough very good, really didn't help me "understand" the model any better....  . But if you're going the entertainment route then I would say, go for it; I have a pair of Eye 3D's they've been working flawlessly since I bought them, the nvidia drivers works perfectly with them, so I would recommend them... . Also, if you're serious about working in a true 3D enviroment with MAX I would seriously consider the VFX3D by IIS, they have a plug in for MAX that will actualy let look around your model, and if you get a set of gloves (the set up I'm currently running), you will actually be able to turn your model, and even do some minor modeling with it.... . And I know what people are going to say... But the VFX3D sucks, it's old, it's this and that... Well, there are no other company with this kind of plug in for MAX, so you're pretty much stuck |
