Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | 22:49 BST
Avatar: The Game will support 3D effects on 360 with HDMI-out
Avatar: The Game will support 3D effects on televisions that have the technology.
Good for you if you have the TV, but if you want to play it on Xbox 360 you will need one that has an HDMI-out.
According to the game’s brand manager Luc Duchaine, the game will require 1080p resolution to see the 3D effects, and on 360 this is through the HDMI port.
Wii users will just have to be content with 2D, because 3D is not an option for it. Duchaine said that the only way 3D would have been accomplished on the Nintendo console was with anaglyph 3D combined with those lovely red and blue glasses.
However, Duchaine said that “anaglyph doesn’t offer a quality image, and quality is synonymous with the James Cameron name.”
Well, yeah. Cameron’s king of the world ya know.
Via MTV Multiplayer.
13 comments
#1
Robo_1
29/07/09, 11:08 pm
Does anybody know what sort of TV will you need to see the 3D effect?
#2
Psychotext
29/07/09, 11:26 pm
“According to the game’s brand manager Luc Duchaine, the game will require 1080p resolution to see the 3D effects, and on 360 this is through the HDMI port.”
That’s not entirely true. The 360 will output games at 1080p over component, but not all 1080p TVs will accept component signals at 1080p.
#3
KingCharMing
30/07/09, 1:50 am
Component’s quality is no where near as good as HDMI. Also, you’ll prob need a TV with refresh rate of 100Hz or higher
#4
Phoenixblight
30/07/09, 3:49 am
@1 there are a few TVs with the 3D option just google it.
#5
woodyrulesok
30/07/09, 8:33 am
But does anyone actually have one?
#6
SticKboy
30/07/09, 9:18 am
@ woodyrulesok: James Cameron probably does
#7
deftangel
30/07/09, 9:46 am
Good stuff, I’ll see if we can justify getting one for the office. Anyone know the going rate on 3D TV’s?
#8
deftangel
30/07/09, 12:48 pm
Presumably the PS3 version supports 3D as well by the way? I’m surprised a legion of Xbot fanboys haven’t latched on to that already!
#9
Jadeskye
30/07/09, 12:58 pm
3D monitors for PCs have been out for a while, Nvidia in particular have alot of R&D in the technology. I imagine theres early adopters for the technology.
#10
Phoenixblight
30/07/09, 1:04 pm
Yeah a friend of mine got a 60″ Philips with 3D cost him 2k
#11
Psychotext
30/07/09, 1:11 pm
“Presumably the PS3 version supports 3D as well by the way?”
Yeah. I think the story was more that if you have a launch 360 (no HDMI) then you’re fucked.
#12
Blerk
30/07/09, 1:52 pm
Pft. Like there are any launch 360s still alive!
#13
JonFE
30/07/09, 2:02 pm
Well, my launch x360 has been repaired (M/B replacement) but remains HDMI-less (unless the port *is* on the M/B but there’s no hole on the back
).