3-D video gaming is coming, but at what cost?

As the movie, Avatar, caused a huge boom in 3-D industries, many game-developing companies including Samsung, Dice, and Microsoft also began to make 3-D video games. While other companies are also preparing to issue their 3-D televisions, companies such as Samsung and Panasonic had already introduced their 3-D home television. For example, Patrick Bach who is the senior producer at game developer at Dice, said that the company will be upgrading their games, "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" into 3-D game. He also predicted that many companies will do extra job on 3-D game such as out-of-screen effects and showing in-game movies. One of the disadvantage will be the expensive price of everything you need to buy. You need all the hardware (3-D TV, shutter glasses), 3-D software, and 3-D designed games. Therefore, it will cost quite much. Also, the health concern cannot be ignored. Some moviegoers reported that they suffered dizziness, headaches, and nausea during watching the 3-D movie. Since it is not a well-developed area, many researchers and scientists are focusing on the health issue of 3-D.

The technology is developing at a very quick pace. In only a few months, new inventions come out, new developments come to our society. However, so many companies are expanding the idea of 3 dimensions and trying to apply them to various areas including video game in this case. Honestly, I am a fan of video games, and I would like to try the games in 3-D, like some movies today. Also, it will be such a huge success if 3-D televions, 3-D video games and other 3-D medias became popularized in the world. In the future, I expect that 4-D might be developed which the fourth dimension is time. I cannot say exactly when it will come, but I think in very close future, we would have medias in 4-D, as I said the technology is developing incredibly quick. I think this is another step to a future high technology.

Article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/05/3d.gaming.future/index.html