AranhaHunter
Banned
Well yesterday during the WC game, a couple of friends were talking about 3D and how awesome it is and stuff and another guy said it actually sucked when he saw the montage at the Sony Store. They then asked me and I said I tried it a couple of times at BB and SonyStore but didn't really see much of anything, but maybe I was tired or something.
So earlier today I was at home doing nothing and decided to just go to Best Buy again and give it a shot. I go there and try out the Samsung set up with Aliens vs Monsters in 3D. I put the glasses on and again I don't see much of anything, something kinda 3Dish, but nothing really jumps out of the screen like it's supposed to. My eyes actually start hurting after a couple of minutes, so I give up and decide to go to Sony Store instead since they have a montage there with all the 3D stuff people rave about (Cloudy with Meatballs, Alice in Wonderland, Motorstorm PR, StarDust HD, as well as other movies, some sports and nature stuff).
I get to the Sony store and immediately go to the back to try out their setup. I put the glasses on and again don't see anything and within 2 minutes my eyes start hurting again. I man up and stay watching the TV until something that I know people enjoyed in 3D comes up, Alice comes up, I see the same thing I saw with Aliens vs Monsters, some kinda 3Dish stuff but nothing wows me and nothing really jumps out of the screen, rinse and repeat for every single thing thing in the list above, including SSHD where impressions I read say it is amazing and people actually try to "touch" stuff that comes out of the screen. I asked the guy that works there, he asks me if the glass is turned on, I say yes and then he goes on to say that some people don't see 3D (something the BB employee told me before but I think that's horseshit, but I didn't wanna argue).
I am about to leave but I decide to go on to the other 3D TV in the front of the store where they literally have about 10 glasses that you can try. I try 3 of them with the same results. There's a guy there watching the montage with a smile on his face, so I go and ask him if he can actually see the 3D and he says yes of course and then asks me if my glasses are on, I say yes so he suggests we exchange glasses. As soon as he puts the glass I had on he starts laughing and asks me if I really can't see it.
I have gone to those "4D" and 3D things at WDW and Universal Studios and I saw the 3D in those things just fine. IIRC I've used both the blue/red glasses (long time ago) and the polarized glasses (more recent) and I saw the 3D just fine there. I have yet to go to the movie theater to watch a 3D movie (but I definitely will on the next half decent movie that comes out in 3D so that I can test it and see if I can see it there).
Has anyone had a similar experience? I have no idea why I can't "see" the 3D on the 3D TVs that are currently out, but I just can't. Is there any reasonable explanation for this? What about the 3DS, anyone not "see" the 3D there? That's the main feature that I'm looking forward to on the 3DS so if I can't see the 3D that would suck. I kinda think 3D is gonna be a big thing and add to the immersion in games, so not being able to see it with the technology used is a major letdown. This kinda remind me of the N64 days where SM64 made me dizzy and I never played 3rd person games until way later. Same with FPS. Just seems like I'm always gonna be late to the parties.
So earlier today I was at home doing nothing and decided to just go to Best Buy again and give it a shot. I go there and try out the Samsung set up with Aliens vs Monsters in 3D. I put the glasses on and again I don't see much of anything, something kinda 3Dish, but nothing really jumps out of the screen like it's supposed to. My eyes actually start hurting after a couple of minutes, so I give up and decide to go to Sony Store instead since they have a montage there with all the 3D stuff people rave about (Cloudy with Meatballs, Alice in Wonderland, Motorstorm PR, StarDust HD, as well as other movies, some sports and nature stuff).
I get to the Sony store and immediately go to the back to try out their setup. I put the glasses on and again don't see anything and within 2 minutes my eyes start hurting again. I man up and stay watching the TV until something that I know people enjoyed in 3D comes up, Alice comes up, I see the same thing I saw with Aliens vs Monsters, some kinda 3Dish stuff but nothing wows me and nothing really jumps out of the screen, rinse and repeat for every single thing thing in the list above, including SSHD where impressions I read say it is amazing and people actually try to "touch" stuff that comes out of the screen. I asked the guy that works there, he asks me if the glass is turned on, I say yes and then he goes on to say that some people don't see 3D (something the BB employee told me before but I think that's horseshit, but I didn't wanna argue).
I am about to leave but I decide to go on to the other 3D TV in the front of the store where they literally have about 10 glasses that you can try. I try 3 of them with the same results. There's a guy there watching the montage with a smile on his face, so I go and ask him if he can actually see the 3D and he says yes of course and then asks me if my glasses are on, I say yes so he suggests we exchange glasses. As soon as he puts the glass I had on he starts laughing and asks me if I really can't see it.
I have gone to those "4D" and 3D things at WDW and Universal Studios and I saw the 3D in those things just fine. IIRC I've used both the blue/red glasses (long time ago) and the polarized glasses (more recent) and I saw the 3D just fine there. I have yet to go to the movie theater to watch a 3D movie (but I definitely will on the next half decent movie that comes out in 3D so that I can test it and see if I can see it there).
Has anyone had a similar experience? I have no idea why I can't "see" the 3D on the 3D TVs that are currently out, but I just can't. Is there any reasonable explanation for this? What about the 3DS, anyone not "see" the 3D there? That's the main feature that I'm looking forward to on the 3DS so if I can't see the 3D that would suck. I kinda think 3D is gonna be a big thing and add to the immersion in games, so not being able to see it with the technology used is a major letdown. This kinda remind me of the N64 days where SM64 made me dizzy and I never played 3rd person games until way later. Same with FPS. Just seems like I'm always gonna be late to the parties.
The most I got when I tried the TVs out was a bit of a pop from the grass in Motor Storm.