Delving into the Depths of the Third Dimension

3D has been a bit of a buzz word in the technology world the past few years and usually it's a whole lot of fuss with a fairly good result but with an even better result of emptying your bank account. But at least you could watch the films you already had in 3D and get new special content while the bailiffs wheel out the everything including the kitchen sink. The two main reasons why I haven't subscribed to the 3D dynamite boom is because of the price but also once you've bought the monitor or TV you need to fork out a fair bit more for a set of glasses.

My first experience of this round's 3D was when I went to see the final installment of Harry Potter earlier this year. You got it, I was one of the 200 people in the cinema for two and half hours with the special geek potter glasses on, looking cool as every. I was pretty impressed by the added dimension in that film, it was worth the extra fiver but not good enough to take home with me. Anyway, whilst looking through Amazon last week I stumbled across a 23inch LED 1080p passive 3D monitor with glasses for only £180. Couldn't quite believe that and I thought it would be crap-D but the reviews were turning out pretty good. As I needed a 1080p monitor anyway I decided to go ahead and buy it and I'm so glad I did.

Those of you who have read my previous posts (yh, both of you) will know that I'm a massive fan of The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 and I decided to give it a go in 3D and my god it's amazing! If you get a set of dwraven mines where you have a load of Axe Throwers waiting just inside ready to ambush the 3D really adds the depth perfect allowing you to immerse even more in the game. I've also dug out my old copy of GTA SA and even that in 3D really gives the game a new lease of life...although machine gunning down police helicopters has always been a past time of mine. Another thing is that I experienced GT5 in 3D and when combined with a good steering wheel with force feedback turns into a completely game. What I'm really looking forward to is playing Skyrim on PC in 3D, I'm so exited about that.

If you bought active shutter glasses with the nVidia 3D kit or spent thousands of your hard earned cash on a 3D TV then sorry to have to break this to you but; you are an idiot. You should have waited for the price to come down and even I admit I've done the wrong thing by buying this when affordable 3D display that require no glasses are only a few years away. Then you won't have to look like a geeky idiot whilst embracing the depth of an erotic sensation in a Youtube-like format.