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| RandyT:
While it doesn't help for lightguns, 3D has long been usurped by VR. Screen size is irrelevant once in VR as it can be as small as a handheld or as large as a movie theater. If you want to play pinball in glorious 3D from the viewpoint of a Star Wars figurine standing at the ball drain, it's been done (and it's pretty darn cool!) That said, getting 3D to work with emulation seems pretty trivial with some caveats. IIRC, back in the old days of CRTs, the sync pulse was just tied to the vertical sync of the monitor's video signal. A small, simple device which triggers an IR LED and a cable which allows a tap into this wire would likely be enough. The challenge with such simple operation is keeping correct polarity, as it could lose sync and get flipped if the player looked away from the emitter. Of course, a hacky solution for someone sitting close to the emitter device would be to just have a button to generate an extra pulse to resync. The issues are that there are very few CRTs still in use and where to get cheap active-shutter glasses which could behave this way. They all use their own flavor of protocols to communicate and are not that difficult at all to reproduce. Good, right? Well, yes for a one-off DIY, but some of these protocols are still covered by patents and the minute you offer a 3D emitter which uses them, you'll likely be contacted by a lawyer. |
| RayB:
Wait, when was Xiau2 let back in? 😅 |
| Xiaou2:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 18, 2022, 10:36:19 pm ---Wait, when was Xiau2 let back in? 😅 --- End quote --- I was never kept out. I had changed user IDs at one point, opting form something I liked better... but I managed to lose my password to that account. I also was away from the site for some time, due to various health and life issues. I see you have missed me (Hugs) |
| pbj:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 18, 2022, 10:36:19 pm ---Wait, when was Xiau2 let back in? 😅 --- End quote --- Hug it out, bro. |
| RayB:
LOL Who am I thinking of then who got banned, ooohhhhh what's it now, over 8 years ago? (YIKES!) :cheers: :D |
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