Ok, So i got my new 3D Plasma TV yesterday and obviously, the first thing I tried was WipEout.

For the record, the TV is a SAMSUNG PS50C7700 (50" plasma) and my glasses are SSG2200AR.

Ok, I start the game and a question appear "would you like to activate 3D effect" (my translation from french version). Already! OK ...

The Fury / SL cinematic starts but I don't know if the glasses aren't ready yet or if the ships coming toward us too fast, but it wasn't very smooth.
Forget it, what about the game itself ... not yet !

Then comes the menus. The animation in background is in 3D (the menu itself is flat but seems closer that the background). 1st impression is good.

I'm going for the racebox without tuning the options, track selection is impressive with the track also rotating in 3D.
I didn't pay much attention to the ship selection (too impatient to play) but ships are also in 3D.

Then the race is about to start, the camera is giving a shot of the grid and ... WOUAW !!!
It's been 3 months (or so) I haven't started WipEout, but this is definitely different!

Then the race starts and you really feel the difference! Nothing comes off the screen, this more a depth perception. It feels both natural and strange. It took me 2 race to get the hang of it but, from then I'm sure It will be difficult to play that game without 3D.

I wonder if that's because I haven't played for 3 months, but the framerate didn't bother me so much.
Also, I didn't experience the "flat layer effect" someone write about, except for the smoke of explosion.


Finally, I returned to the options, where you can tweak the 3D effect (initially set to 0%). I put it to 100% but despite the fact I didn't see anything really different (still not coming out of the screen nor did it seem to have any more depth) I wasn't at easy while playing.
I put the settings back to 40% (cannot do this during a race though) and it was better.

I'm sleep depraved today, but it worth it.


I also tried the 2D->3D conversion offered by my TV, not on wipeout though (no reason), but on a anime movie (Evangelion 1.11 blue-ray). I'm impressed how well it works for a 2D source (you clearly see the depth difference beetween background and foreground) but you have clearly the feeling you're watching multiple layers of 2D images.
Next try for that functionality will be Formula One Championship (2007) or maybe the Korean Formula1 Grand Prix this week end.