Re: NuVision 3-D Spex

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:03:41 -0800
>From: P3D  Harold R. Baize  writes:
>................... Today
>I bought NuVision's 3-D Spex, for
>ONLY $59.98 at EggHead Software, and
>it does have a program for viewing
>stereo images that you scan in yourself!
>
>Less than a third of what I paid for the
>CyberShades, and it comes with four good
>games, including the full version of
>Descent II. I have no affiliation with
>NuVision tech Inc., but I think even
>the old-fashion-nothing-but-a-Realist 
>crowd would be well advised to try
>these. IMHO

I'll confirm that these glasses are pretty good. I've been working with the
same 3D-Spex which are supplied with the Canopus Total 3D accelerator board.
The board supplied with the glasses and several games in a package is really
priced at a very reasonable level. My girlfriend and others have been able
to fit the goggles right over prescription glasses pretty easily. They are
light weight and seem ruggedly built.

Problems? For me the wide ear pieces structured to fit over other glasses
occasionally cause a minor and temporary irritation at the top of my ears. I
find that with the nose pads in place, I tend to tip my head down so I can
have a better field of view. These are minor things and I basically enjoy
these very much. I haven't seen or heard of the viewer they include with
their product when it's purchased by itself. Does it work in Windows or DOS?
What method of image handling is used and at what frequency?

I've been working with a small DOS based viewer so putting my own stereo
images in the viewer is possible and operational. Better viewers are on the
way. The big advantage this board offers for stereo photography is that it
provides page flipping at 120Hz which appears really steady and presents the
full resolution of the images within the limits of this simple program (640
x 480 at 32 bit color). 

The 3D games give a spectacular experience combining full steroscopic images
with lots of fast action. 3D slides are a totally separate category by
comparison to both a stereo view and motion with interactivity. These will
definitely promote the use of and interest in stereoscopic 3D. Worth having
the experience if you're into 3D, even if you aren't particularly a *gamer*
by nature. I used the games in the standard mode which uses a 60Hz rate and
they are fun but with a noticable flicker. I wasn't particularly bothered by
the flicker, but when I changed the settings to the higher 120Hz rate, at
first I thought it wasn't even working. When I put the goggles on it was
very solid looking 3D with smooth action and I said WOW! This high speed
option probably doesn't exist with the goggles alone.

The game I haven't tried yet is Slipstream 5000. Is that one of the games
supplied with the goggles? If it is, I'd like to hear a review of it. Thanks.

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/
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