is any special hardware required to play planar or fulldome movies in stereoscopic 3D ?
Yes, several items are required in order to utilise the stereoscopic active 3D features of MediaWarp. Laptop or PC – Must include a graphics card which supports Quad Buffered Open GL. Generally this is limited to the newer Nvidia graphics cards and the high end Nvidia Quadro FX graphics cards. The card must have a suitable port for connecting an emitter. Projector – a 120Hz 3D compatible projector is required. A large number of 3D projectors have begun to come onto the market and a comprehensive list of these can be found on the site compiled by Andrew Woods – http://www.3dmovielist.com/projectors.html. While the majority of these projectors will be suitable for 3D planar projection using Mediawarp, we are still waiting for an affordable 3D full HD projector with suitable brightness for a large dome. There are of course several high end 3D full HD projectors made by companies such as Christie, which may be suitable for fixed planetariums. 3D Active Shutter Glasses – Required to view th
