Open-source project wants to bring stereoscopic 3D gaming back from the dead
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My Eyes Hurt: Long ago, hardware manufacturers and entertainment companies were actively trying to make 3D gaming a reality. Today, stereoscopic imaging is all but forgotten on major gaming platforms, which is why a small group of volunteer developers is working on something that could make stereoscopy relevant again on compatible PC devices.
The recently unveiled "wiz3D" project is designed to "resurrect" stereoscopic support in older games, allowing them to run with compatible goggles and other stereo display devices. The open-source tool acts as a stereoscopic 3D wrapper, injecting hooks into gaming APIs to generate real-time stereo 3D output on modern Windows systems. Unlike proprietary – and largely abandoned – solutions, wiz3D does not require kernel drivers or special hardware components to deliver its stereoscopic effects.
wiz3D is based on iZ3D, a former...
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