Sony's a big advocate of 3D technology, 'going forward.' But it's not just to get the company megabucks - the Computer Entertainment division believes that the technology will also make games more accessible for the first-time player and give seasoned gamers an in-game edge.
SCE's senior development manager, Simon Benson, said at a recent event that core gamers can expect to get an advantage using 3D thanks to the ability to provide users with better depth perception.
"If you’re playing a racing game and you’re getting some additional [3D] information you can actually measure distances with your eyes, making it easier to judge breaking (sic)," Benson told EDGE. "Many of our hardcore gamers are already pretty good at that anyway, so how much of an edge is it going to give them compared to someone who’s only just tried a game for the first time?
"We think it’s pretty much in a similar domain to when someone has got an HD TV and someone else has got an SD TV. The person with the HD TV may have an advantage if the game requires them to perceive a lot of fine detail in the distance or something. It depends on the game and it depends on what you’re trying to do with the core game mechanics as to whether you get an advantage."
Benson added that novice players can benefit from the same kind of advantages - "even if they’ve not played [a 3D game] before the cues are more relevant to them because they’re used to measuring things with their eyes and they really do feel like it’s more familiar to them."
It all sounds very much like Nintendo's reasoning for including 3D into its latest handheld, eh readers?
SCE's senior development manager, Simon Benson, said at a recent event that core gamers can expect to get an advantage using 3D thanks to the ability to provide users with better depth perception.
"If you’re playing a racing game and you’re getting some additional [3D] information you can actually measure distances with your eyes, making it easier to judge breaking (sic)," Benson told EDGE. "Many of our hardcore gamers are already pretty good at that anyway, so how much of an edge is it going to give them compared to someone who’s only just tried a game for the first time?
"We think it’s pretty much in a similar domain to when someone has got an HD TV and someone else has got an SD TV. The person with the HD TV may have an advantage if the game requires them to perceive a lot of fine detail in the distance or something. It depends on the game and it depends on what you’re trying to do with the core game mechanics as to whether you get an advantage."
Benson added that novice players can benefit from the same kind of advantages - "even if they’ve not played [a 3D game] before the cues are more relevant to them because they’re used to measuring things with their eyes and they really do feel like it’s more familiar to them."
It all sounds very much like Nintendo's reasoning for including 3D into its latest handheld, eh readers?
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