Chris Satchell, XNA’s general manager, has told GamesIndustry.biz that Microsoft has experimented with 3D games, otherwise referred to as stereoscopic games.
While the technology is ”extremely interesting” the current requirement to wear cumbersome headgear, looking just a bit too retro sci-fi, hampers real acceptance.
”This is a very interesting area of graphics technology. We have done experiments with this at Microsoft and the results are extremely interesting. However, the current systems that work well require wearing active shutter glasses and I think it is hard to be mainstream with asking people to wear headgear to play games,” he said.
”There is some very interesting technology being developed that can overcome this obstacle and it will be interesting to see where this leads. So, some way to go yet. I love that some developers are experimenting along this path. It is a great way to move industry technology forward.”
Ubisoft’s CEO Guillemot has already pledged a 3D game for James Cameron’s upcoming 3D movie Avatar - could we see a 3D videogames console within the next 10 to 15 years?
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
