DS game to use 3D glasses

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Have you ever been to one of those 3D cinemas in which you wear a pair of special glasses that makes the on-screen action leap out at you? It's like something out of Back to the Future.

Now a new DS game, Glory Days 2, will use similar technology to make the on-screen graphics appear to stand out of the screen.

The 2D shooter, which bares some resemblance to old-time classic, Choplifter, will come packaged with a pair of 3D glasses that will make objects in the foreground stand out from the background.

It sounds cool, so we spoke to Ghostlight representative, Adrian Clews, who told us: "The game uses the Pufrich 3D effect to enhance the visual depth of the game."

It doesn't use those crappy red and blue glasses that used to come with sticker books, the glasses actually appear to be clear. "By placing a slightly darker shade over one eye, light reaches that eye slower than the other, causing the 3D effect - it's like a mind trick," explained Clews.

Glory Days 2, due out in early June, is an action shooter that puts you in control of land and air vehicles from WWII eras to the present day. You'll be blasting your way through 16 missions with fighter jets, helicopters and tanks and other weapons, and with up to 250 ground units operating simultaneously, it promises to be chaotic.

Wi-Fi multiplayer is also included, allowing two players to go head-to-head.

Is 3D-illusional graphics the future of games? Look out for more on Glory Days 2 next week on CVG.

[backhair]

as long as it doesn't look wonky without the glasses (or there is a glasses/no glasses setting), i think it's a pretty cool idea. kind of gimicky, but cool nonetheless.

[Buddy4point0]

wow that sounds really cool

[KendiKong]

HOLY **** a FPS?!?!?!? ON the DS?!?!?!

[ComixSans]

3d glasses of this type correct me if I'm wrong would require the view to be rotating around in a constant direction. this would have a dramatic afect on gameplay.

I'm not sure how they could get it to work can you imagen any game where the camera keeps spinning around the content in a set direction.

Thinking about it may work if it was 2d gameplay and the screen was constantly sliding in one direction. I bet thats how it works.

[rigor]

What ComixSans ? The camera spinning around ? No. 3D effects could even been done on New super mario bros for exemple.
The 3D effect is done by two cameras, each one render the scene for one eye. With the glasses, the two eyes will be tricked by the glasses, and you will see the game in 3D.
KendiKong: Did you read? It's not an FPS, "The 2D shooter, which bares some resemblance to old-time classic, Choplifter" OK ?

[TeenDev]

im sorry but that is such a dumb idea. why would you want to wear glasses while playing a game?

[DanTheManMS]

@max - Why would you want to wear glasses while watching a movie?

[ShinMike]

cause its trippy

[ComixSans]

Hi rigor I'll explain in more detail. The way this style of 3d works is one lens is darker so the eye see the image later than the other eye when the image is a 3d rotating image the delay results in one eye seeing the image at a different rotation to the other eye creating the illusion of 3d.
Its a very effective trick but requires the image to be contently moving in a certain way.