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ASUS VR100 3d Glasses

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First post, by lafoxxx

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Has anyone tried them?
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How was it?

They seem to only work with ASUS cards with "VR Out". I couldn't find any GeForce3 or 4 TVR edition in my area -- only GeForce 2 32MB.

But there's a device which allegedly supports any AGP card.
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Will this device really work with any VGA card (by ASUS of course, which has Stereoglasses setting in driver)?

Does it work with LCD monitors (which support 120+ Hz of course)?

And overall -- is it a worthwile investment, or just a novelty?

Reply 1 of 4, by chinny22

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crap apparently
http://www.dansdata.com/vr100.htm

The "Sheldon" in our group got them back when they were new, I didn't try them, didn't get a chance he returned them pretty quick.

Reply 2 of 4, by The Serpent Rider

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All early 3D was crap.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

Reply 3 of 4, by xjas

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I had some good fun with 3D shutter glasses on a homebrew serial port interface, using DOS games that support them through Donald Sawdai's LCDBIOS. You need need need a CRT monitor, and preferably a dark room to have a decent experience with them though.

The problem with LCDs is both pixel persistence (the display can't go black fast enough, leading to ghosting in each eye) and the fact that the glasses are polarized, meaning you might have to hold your head at a weird angle to see anything if the polarization angle between the glasses & monitor aren't lined up the right way. The pixel persistence may be solved in modern high-refresh displays - never tried one.

I actually have a CIB Asus V7700 (GF2 GTS, 64MB) that came with these glasses, but I still haven't gotten around to trying them out. Seeing early DirectX games in 3D would be pretty neat. Next time I have room to set up a CRT...

The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-05-07, 17:00:

All early 3D was crap.

You have nothing good to say about anything do you? Do you really think that was a useful post?

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Reply 4 of 4, by imi

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we had a GF2 with them back in the day, I remember trying them out on Quake 2 and Descent 2 iirc, and it was great fun but headache inducing, I look forward to revisit that some day anyways :3