| Three dimensional or "3-D" technology has been | | | | This might seem a little startling at first, since |
| around for some time, as even cheap plastic 3D | | | | there is very little in the news about any idea of |
| glasses were sometimes given out in movie | | | | a video game that takes this jump to the next |
| theaters during the black and white monster | | | | level. Many people are still going head over heels |
| movies of the 1950s and early 1960s. Computer | | | | for the Play Station 3 video game console or |
| technology has helped to advance the growth of | | | | Microsoft's X-Box 360. The idea of an actual 3D |
| this technology, and while James Cameron's movie | | | | PC video game is something that seems more |
| "Avatar" brought it to an entirely new level, the | | | | like something out of a "Star Trek" episode as |
| movies aren't the only ones looking at using 3D | | | | opposed to a technology that might be just |
| for entertainment. | | | | around the next corner. |
| The question has been there since the late 1980s, | | | | Even many gamers are surprised to find out that |
| when Atari and Nintendo began catching on: will | | | | there are already "gaming glasses" for the PC and |
| there ever be a virtual reality video game? True | | | | for specific PC video games. While these might be |
| virtual reality is probably a long way off, although | | | | a long way from the level that three dimensional |
| prototypes are being explored. However, the first | | | | movies are at, it shows that the first steps are |
| step to this level of computer gaming starts with | | | | already being taken towards the next generation |
| trying to develop a true PC video game that uses | | | | of PC gaming. |
| three dimensional technology. | | | | |