Nvidia 3D Vision is a technology developed by Nvidia ,[ 1] [ 2] a multinational corporation specializing in developing graphics processing units and chipset technologies for workstations , personal computers , and mobile devices . This technology allows games, movies, and pictures to be displayed in stereoscopic 3D .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
To play the following in 3D, as well as convert over 650 existing games,[ 6] requires Nvidia 3D Vision Glasses with a 120 Hz monitor, or red and cyan glasses with slower monitors, Windows Vista or later, enough system memory (2GB recommended), a compatible CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 or higher) and a compatible Nvidia video card (some GeForce 200 series ones or later).[ 7] Since releasing the technology in 2009, by the end of 2013, only about 40 games[ 8] appeared certified as "3D Vision Ready", while others have noticeable defects in the 3D image.
3D Vision Ready games
Title
Release Date
Developer
Publisher
Genre(s)
Aion: The Tower of Eternity
22 September 2009
Actual 3D Vision support added on September 13, 2011[ 9]
Aion Team Development Dept
NCsoft
MMORPG
Batman: Arkham Asylum [ 10]
15 September 2009
Rocksteady Studios
Eidos Interactive , Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment /DC Entertainment, Square Enix
Action-adventure
Batman: Arkham City
22 November 2011
Rocksteady Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment /DC Entertainment, Square Enix
Action-adventure
Batman: Arkham Origins
25 October 2013
WB Games Montréal
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Action-adventure
Battlefield 3
25 October 2011
Actual 3D Vision Ready support on November 22, 2011[ 11]
EA Digital Illusions CE
Electronic Arts
First-person shooter
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 [ 12]
2 March 2010
EA Digital Illusions CE
Electronic Arts
FPS
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
18 December 2010
EA Digital Illusions CE
Electronic Arts
FPS
Brave
19 June 2012
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on September 13, 2012[ 13]
Behaviour Interactive
Disney Interactive Studios
Adventure
Call of Duty: Black Ops
9 November 2010
Treyarch
Activision , Square Enix
FPS
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
1 October 2012
Bohemia Interactive
Bohemia Interactive
Real-time strategy , Action
Civilization V [ 14]
22 October 2010
Firaxis Games
2K Games
Turn-based strategy , 4X
Dead Rising 2
29 September 2010
Blue Castle Games
Capcom
Action RPG
Deep Black: Reloaded
1 March 2012
Biart
505 Games
Third-person shooter
Depth Hunter
7 February 2012
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on September 13, 2012[ 13]
Biart
Biart
Simulation
Duke Nukem Forever
10 June 2011
Gearbox Software
2K Games
First-person shooter
GT Legends
15 October 2005
SimBin Studios
10tacle Studios
Sim racing
Hard Reset
13 September 2011
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on November 10, 2011[ 15]
Flying Wild Hog
Flying Wild Hog
FPS
Hawken
12 December 2012 (open beta)
Adhesive Games
Meteor Entertainment
Vehicular combat First-person shooter Mecha
Inversion
27 July 2012
Saber Interactive
Namco Bandai Games
Third-person shooter
Just Cause 2 [ 16]
23 March 2010
Avalanche Studios Eidos Interactive
Square Enix
Action , Third-person shooter
L.A. Noire
8 November 2011
Actual 3D Vision Ready support on November 28, 2011[ 17]
Rockstar Leeds
Rockstar Games
Third-person shooter , open world
Mafia II
24 August 2010
2K Czech
2K Games
Third-person shooter , action-adventure
Medal of Honor (2010) Multi-Player [ 18]
12 October 2010
EA Los Angeles
Electronic Arts
First-person shooter
Metro 2033 [ 19]
16 March 2010
4A Games
THQ
FPS , RPG , Survival horror
Oil Rush
25 January 2012
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on September 13, 2012[ 13]
Unigine Corp
Unigine Corp
Real-time strategy , Tower defense
Pirate101
8 October 2012
KingsIsle Entertainment
KingsIsle Entertainment
MMORPG
Resident Evil 5 [ 20]
16 March 2009
Capcom
Capcom
Survival horror
rFactor 2 [ 21]
10 January 2012
Image Space Incorporated
Image Space Incorporated
Sim racing
Roller Coaster Rampage
19 June 2012
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on September 13, 2012[ 13]
Pantera Entertainment
Pantera Entertainment
Simulation
Rusty Hearts
20 September 2011 [ 22]
Stairway Games
Perfect World Entertainment
MMORPG
Street Fighter X Tekken
11 May 2012
Actual 3D Vision Ready support added on September 13, 2012[ 13]
QLOC
Capcom
Fighting
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
5 July 2011
Dimps /Capcom
Capcom
Fighting
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2
12 November 2010
Ubisoft Bucharest
Ubisoft
Arcade flight
Trine
3 July 2009
Actual 3D Vision support added on August 4, 2010[ 23]
Frozenbyte
Nobilis (worldwide), SouthPeak Games (North American retail)
Platform /Puzzle
Trine 2 [ 24]
7 December 2011
Frozenbyte
Frozenbyte
Side-scrolling action platform and puzzle
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
17 May 2011
CD Projekt Red
Atari , Namco Bandai Games , Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Action RPG , Hack and slash
Wizard101
2 September 2008
KingsIsle Entertainment
KingsIsle Entertainment
MMORPG
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
7 December 2010
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
MMORPG
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).
See also
References
External links
Software and technologies
Multimedia acceleration Software Technologies GPU microarchitectures