Nvidia 3D Vision is a technology developed by

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which specializes in the development of graphics processing units and chipset technologies for

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s and

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s. This technology allows games, movies and pictures to be displayed in stereoscopic 3D. To play the following in 3D, as well as convert over 650 existing games, requires Nvidia 3D Vision Glasses with a 120 Hz monitor, or red and cyan glasses with slower monitors,

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or later, enough system memory (2GB recommended), a compatible CPU (

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or AMD Athlon X2 or higher) and a compatible Nvidia

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(some

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ones or later). Since releasing the technology in 2009, by the end of 2013 only about 40 games appeared certified as "3D Vision Ready", while other have noticeable defects in the 3D image.

3D Vision Ready games

3D Vision Ready demos

Other games

In addition to NVIDIA's official list of titles, there is an independently developed stereoscopic 3D games database that is put together by end users. Featuring a rules based certification grade and numeric Quality Assurance score
GameGrade3D (GG3D)
details required game settings and expected visual anomalies (if any).

References

External links

3D Vision games at GeForce.com

- NVIDIA's list of games supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision {{Nvidia Nvidia N

3D Vision Ready games

3D Vision Ready demos

Other games

See also

References

External links