Cliffs of Dover in 3D

[Les]

Originally Posted by MikkOwl

...It should not be possible to get depth perception through these methods when viewing objects 10+ meters away in the game world...

...Surely some kind of high resolution, large head mounted displays must become available at some point soon...

...I have never - ever - been able to see anything except 'double image' when using any kind of 3D illusion. Both images and movies...

It's my understanding too that, for the reasons you mentioned, a combat flight sim wouldn't be best vehicle for showing off 3D effects, though I'm sure it would have it's moments.

There are a couple of technologies in development that could be applied to things like head mounted displays. OLED's (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) is one. There's at least one other I've seen that comes in a similar bendy film-type form, and which doesn't require a backlight for illumination. Not sure, beyond the obvious, what's holding up the development there.

I too could never come to terms with the blurry double-imaging that other people didn't seem to mind when viewing 3D illusions. That all seems to be gone now though, based on what I experienced when watching 'Avatar' at the movies in 3D. I'm assuming that's the same or a similar technology to what Shtopor is using at home. If that's the case, then there's no blurriness, flickering or discolouration involved.