Leap Into the Vibe of 3D
From Dual Pixel 3D and DUAL lenses to Spatial Video, VR180 and EOS VR: Canon is quietly building one of the most complete 3D imaging ecosystems. For years, stereoscopic photographers have had to build their own ecosystems: Two cameras. Two lenses. Synchronization hardware. Custom rigs. Alignment software. Special workflows. And, frequently, a considerable amount of … Read more
Yesterday, while investigating the newly announced Acer Aspire G 3D 16, we discovered something unexpected. The Aspire wasn’t Acer’s first recent 3D product to move away from the familiar SpatialLabs hardware branding. A few months earlier, Acer had quietly announced another glasses-free 3D display: the Predator XB273K 3D. And the more we investigated it, the … Read more
3D Blu-ray collections are not dead — but playing them properly on a modern PC has become unnecessarily difficult. SyLC 3D Player is a new free and open-source project specifically designed to solve that problem, decoding both views of MVC video and outputting real frame-packed 3D on modern Windows systems. And it goes considerably further, … Read more
The Sins of 3D #3: The 3D Conversion Myth There is probably no label that has damaged the perception of stereoscopic conversion more than these two words: Converted to 3D. For many 3D enthusiasts, there has been an almost automatic assumption for years: Shot in native 3D = real 3D = good. Converted to 3D … Read more
The Sins of 3D #2 For years, Side-by-Side (SBS) has been treated almost as if it were the natural format for stereoscopic 3D video. Download a 3D video and there is a good chance it will be SBS. Upload stereoscopic footage and SBS is often the first option people consider. Many 3D displays even include … Read more
The Sins of 3D #1 A quick note before we begin: This article is not a criticism of people who enjoy cross-eyed viewing as a way to experience 3D without a 3D display. The parody image is just that — a joke, with no intention to offend. The issue discussed here is not the viewing … Read more
There are games that look good in 3D, games that make excellent use of depth, and then there are those rare titles that immediately make you wonder just how far 3D can actually go. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order belongs firmly in that last category. Within the first few minutes, it becomes obvious that we … Read more
For years, enthusiasts of stereoscopic gaming have looked for a worthy successor to the legendary NVIDIA 3D Vision and the community-driven 3D Fix Manager (3DFM), but official, thoroughly tested, and hassle-free. While several manufacturers have recently re-entered the spatial computing arena, the Acer SpatialLabs View 27″ has evolved not just as a competitor, but as the definitive platform for … Read more
At IFA 2026 we found some interesting new 3D displays, including Samsung’s enormous MicroLED and TCL’s new 8K 3D monitors. We thought we had seen them all. Apparently, we missed one. And ironically, it came from a company whose 3D products we know particularly well: Acer. The Acer Aspire G 3D 16 (AG3D16-81M) is a … Read more
3D development hasn’t stopped. While recent demonstrations at IFA 2026 from TCL CSOT and Hisense don’t necessarily represent products you’ll soon be able to buy, they show that major display manufacturers continue exploring ways to overcome some of the limitations traditionally associated with stereoscopic displays. Rather than reinventing 3D, these prototypes combine it with technologies … Read more
Arcturus Vision Camera is not merely a colour passthrough upgrade for Steam Frame. Its most interesting promise is to turn Valve’s headset into a high-end spatial video camera: stereoscopic 5K recording at up to 60 frames per second, or 2.5K at 120 fps for slow-motion capture. That places the accessory in a rather unusual category. … Read more