Sony's new mandatory software update for PS3 will prepare the system to work with the firm's 3D Bravia TV.
Software Update 3.30 will also introduce some new sorting options within Trophies that Sony claims makes it easier to 'claim bragging rights' among your friends on PSN.
According to the Official EU PlayStation Blog, the update will include:
* Trophy enhancements - Now you can more easily sort trophies in the [Trophy Collection] and [Comparing Trophy] sections. Sorting can be done with [Trophy Collection] in the [Game Category] and also when comparing trophies with your friends in the [Friend Category]
* Trophy Folder (Title List) can be sorted by game name/ by title according to the date in which you earned your last trophy (ascending/descending)
* Add-on list (Group list) can be sorted by original/the date in which you earned your last trophy (ascending/descending)
* Trophy list can be sorted by original/trophy name/grade/date of obtaining the trophy (ascending/descending)
* In addition, this update preps the PS3 system for some upcoming new features, including 3D stereoscopic gaming, which is coming soon to PS3, in time for the launch of Sony's 3D BRAVIA TVs.
Which of you are getting a 3D TV this year readers? Tell us below...
I only got a Bravia a few months ago grrr...and 18000 FFS! 3D gaming...humpf...thats going to be a long time before its affordable to Joe Normal not Joe Mr fancy wage packet....
There is already a price for a Sony 3D Bravia HD TV in its website: £1,999 and available for mid July. How long does it take for a TV to drop to a half price? 1-2 years? Well, I think I will still be playing 2D games for long time.
I don't think i'm going to be jumping on the 3d gaming bandwagon quite yet. Not at those proces anyway. With any new tech ( such as 3D tellies) the current ones will more than likely be replaced with something much better in a couple years tops.
Apart from the prohibitive cost (I've not long had my 1080P TV) and lack of content at the moment, I'm not over-awed by the whole 3D thing.
I saw Avatar 3D and while I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm not sure if 3D added anything to the experience. In fact, I found it to be somewhat distracting. In the real world I can choose what distance I focus (with help from my silly-looking glasses ) - with 3D cinema/tv the focal distance is chosen for you, making it feel unnatural. It'll be interesting to see what Avatar is like in 2D on Bluray when it arrives this week.
I fear we are on a road to Better Than Life. Is that a good thing?
I went to a Panasonic roadshow for their new 3D telly recently and was very impressed. The image is crisp, smooth, and looks great - much better than the shoddy picture Avatar suffered from at times.
That said I also don't see the technology taking off. TV consumption isn't going to change (how many people do you know that watch telly intently these days? I can't really think of any), and filming in 3D is expensive.
I don't expect any of this generation of consoles to be able to handle 3D games either - the sets Panasonic had were running at 1080p, 120Hz - 60Hz directly to each eye thanks to the glasses turning on and off alternatively. I don't know of many games on the PS3 or 360 that can handle 1080p and push above 30Hz.
They had a 360 3D Avatar game playing on one of the sets and it looked less polished than games found on the previous generation of consoles.
I will buy one of Panasonic's TVs if I can afford it, plasma making a come back and spanking LED technology was a surprise, but the image quality really is lovely.
Any HD TV that runs at more than 120hz refresh rate can do 3D. You just need glasses and a receiver (for shutters)
Or polarised glasses (for sky).
Not sure that's true. TV's (HD or otherwise) can't utilize the polarized method of creating 3D imagery. If that were possible there wouldn't be any need to go to the expense of developing the shutter type technology. Also, even if you have a 120hz TV it wouldn't have the necessary technology built into it to alternate the images and sync with the glasses. You need a 3D Ready TV.
3d tv's will make you go blind, will ur brain be able to handle the affects after a long time...?? i used to get headache and my eyes would feel funny from the old skool 3d , so the new ones will be worse, i think i will wait to see how many people go blind or mad lol ,, and b4 you say anything , i have checked out the 3d tv in pubs with the 3d football, and yea it looks good, but half the time its not 3d, for those who have seen it in pubs know what im talking about.
I enjoyed the 3D in Avatar, and would love to own a 3D TV - but not until they drop below £500.
I only have a 1280i TV, and with my FreeSat setup it is like living in a HD content desert. Can we honestly expect 3D TV to be anything more than a gimmick for many more years to come?
...I'm still p**sed that we don't have SmellyVision yet... I'd love a PS3 smelly update
i used to get headache and my eyes would feel funny from the old skool 3d , so the new ones will be worse
Of course it'll be worse, because that's how things work, my tv is far worse than the black and white one i had in my bedroom as a kid and my ps3 is light years behind my spectrum. You got a headache from the old 3d system because the colours were messed up and never completely in focus, the new system is far superior.
There'll be genuine concerns over eyesight, I mean, how many people will be stuck in their houses with the curtians shut watching 3D porn all day? It'll be Day of the Triffids without the flesh eating plants.
rubbish update. "trophy features"?? organize them alphabetical, i would hardly call that a feature.. and omg, when they first made it organizable, y didnt they let us organize after the %??
obviously these guys who work at sony never use their PS3s, thats gotta b the explanation for these crappy updates.
i watched 3D on one of them samsung tv's at the gadget show live the other week, it was a 50" one & the 3d effect was fantastic, you had to wear them glasses (£90-120) but they were very smart
about £2300 for the 50" with two pairs of glasses i was told, i'm going to wait till later on in the year, but i'm defiantly going to be getting one
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(I've not long had my 1080P TV) and lack of content at the moment, I'm not over-awed by the whole 3D thing.
) - with 3D cinema/tv the focal distance is chosen for you, making it feel unnatural. It'll be interesting to see what Avatar is like in 2D on Bluray when it arrives this week.
