Chris Satchell, general manager of XNA has confirmed that Microsoft has experimented with 3D games.
In a GamesIndustry.biz exclusive, Satchell stated that the technology is “extremely interesting” and that Microsoft had (is) experimenting with it. The down side is that players are required to wear headgear or glasses during gameplay.
“This is a very interesting area of graphics technology. We have done experiments with this at Microsoft and the results are extremely interesting. However, the current systems that work well require wearing active shutter glasses and I think it is hard to be mainstream with asking people to wear headgear to play games,” he said.
“There is some very interesting technology being developed that can overcome this obstacle and it will be interesting to see where this leads. So, some way to go yet. I love that some developers are experimenting along this path. It is a great way to move industry technology forward.”
View the entire Satchell interview at GamesIndustry.biz
While Satchell and team may be ‘experimenting’ with 3D technology, Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot has announced that the publisher is already working on a series of 3D titles, including a 3D version game for James Cameron’s soon to be released 3D movie Avatar.
We can only wonder how much of this new rush to produce stereoscopic (3D) games has something to do with Johnny Lee’s incredible YouTube success with his ‘Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote’ video, which currently has 5.7M views, 7,837 comments, and a whole new school of gamers and developers talking about ‘the next big thing’.
