From: Robin Hollands Subject: Re: HOME-BREW: $79 Shutter Glasses Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 12:56:53 +0100 Message-ID: <334B8405.274F@shef.ac.uk> Organization: Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield > 2) Costco has some shutter glasses for $79. Is this a good deal? I > don't know the specs-- can such devices be used with most games, like > doom and descent, or do they require special versions of the software? > Is it hard to write one's own code to accomodate the 3-D shutter > glasses? Which shutter glasses are they? I don't have access to Costco's catalogue and there are many different makes around. The average price seems to be about $99, so $79 isn't a bad deal. When you find out which glasses they are, simply type the name into a selection of your favourite WWW search engines, and chances are that you'll end up at the company's home page with all the information you need! Many of the shutter glasses around at the moment seem to suport lcdbios, which is a common programming interface meaning that they will all work with the same software. Obviously the software has to be stereo-compatable, so you can expect to use Descent, but probably not DOOM. Msot of the shutter-glasses companies would encourage software development and often provide developers kits (example code) free, or for a small charge. Cheers, Robin Email: r.hollands@sheffield.ac.uk WWW: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~vrmbg/staff/rjh/rjh.html BOOK: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~vrmbg/vrhmhb/vrhmhb.html