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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Using 3D TVs to make 2 screens

Tue, 16 Jul 2013, 14:51
spinal
Here’s an odd question for someone to experiment with... On a regular 2 player game with the players split left-right, rather than top-bottom, on a 3DTV, if you set the 3D ON while playing one of these games, if each player closes different eyes, do they see their half of the screen stretched to full screen, allowing them to both play full screen at the same time?

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Tue, 16 Jul 2013, 14:51
Jayenkai
Indeed.. If you get two pairs of glasses, strip out the lenses, and make one left-left and the other right-right, you should technically get two complete screens...

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Tue, 16 Jul 2013, 15:19
spinal
Anyone willing to try? Not the damaging glasses part, just the 2 player game part.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2013, 19:28
therevillsgames
There are TVs out there that advertise this function, works pretty well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZa81A1NRds
Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 01:28
spinal
No need for a special feature, any 3DTV would be able to do it, probably with any existing split screen game.

Hell, doing this with a PC, keeping each screen in its own side, you'd even be able to play two entirely different games full screen on the same tv!
-although the audio would be a bit funky, perhaps switch to mono and supply a crazy headphone splitter so that player 1 gets left channel and player 2 gets right.

*fingers crossed for a new TV in the january sales*

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Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 01:36
Jayenkai
I guess it depends on whether your telly has manual switchable 3D modes..
Mine has options for off/auto/side-by-side and top-bottom... So whatever it is you're sending the telly, you can switch on some sort of mode, and it "should" manage to do something..

I'll have a play around, later.. Thinking along the lines of "bunch of YouTube clips showing Splitscreen... See if that works.."
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.... It's either that, or I faff about with cables and shit.. Can't be arsed!! I can play youtube clips fine!!

...will test later. Mum's claimed the telly!

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Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 02:03
Jayenkai
The test..

YouTube video
youtu.be/rx_sZo85RqQ

Result
vine.co/v/hmKIbi651XZ

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Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 02:09
spinal
And there you go, not specially written software or fancy tv mode required! just a 20 year old split screen game. and with passive 3d, you can make your l-l,r-r glasses for about £2. i would imagine active 3d would cost you about £250 and probably fail, so we'll ignore that idea

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Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 03:22
spinal
Why pause the video? did it not record well while running?

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Wed, 17 Jul 2013, 03:27
Jayenkai
Worked fine in motion, the annoying game-players were pissing me off.. too early for that shit!

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