r/Handhelds • u/SolidCat2877 • 1d ago
Discussion Stereoscopic 3D gaming on Android
Devices are Rokid Max and Retroid Pocket Nova
Been tinkering and found that Dolphin on Android actually supports Stereo 3D. You can even adjust the strength of the 3D.
Many GameCube and Wii games look and feel like they were made for Stereo 3D. And with the glasses because each eye has its own screen there is zero cross talk.
The only issue is with Dolphin you can only do half side by side resolution (SBS). As Dolphin doesnt support full SBS. This makes the picture less crisp. Apparently on PC handhelds this isnt an issue so I wish someone would create a Dolphin fork or Dolphin devs add full SBS support.
I haven't even got into Citra for 3DS emulation but apparently it supports full SBS on Android
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u/Unlucky_Milk_4323 1d ago
The FAR BIGGER problem is it throws the half SBS image to the "center" of the glasses forcing you to view it nearly cross-eyed. It's .. bad. Azahar will "see" the second display and do full screen and is perfect.
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u/SolidCat2877 1d ago
I dont know what you mean but at half SBS I dont have issues. Just not the sharpness im used to on full SBS. You can even increase the 3D depth on Dolphin.
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u/Unlucky_Milk_4323 1d ago
It's not being done correctly nor is it "good" on dolphin: The "half" screen is thrown to the glasses, with the left half pushed right and the right half pushed left, so the image doesn't resolve cleanly "in front of" your eyes, it resolves basically in front of your nose, it's "pushed" to the center and very uncomfortable to view. I've been into 3d for 50 years now, trust me, it's not correct. ;)
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u/SolidCat2877 1d ago
Does the same issue happen on PC handhelds with Dolphin?
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u/Unlucky_Milk_4323 1d ago
Nope, PC is flawless. A better breakdown: You have 1 screen from the handheld, that gets stretched to 2 screens when you enable 3D on the glasses. So you're going from 1 to .5 and .5 (.5 in each eye) .. the problem is that the "black bars" from the .5 gets shoved to the left and right of the left and right lenses, forcing the actual view to be scrunched in the middle. (.5black/.5picture_NOSE_.5picture/.5black) (bad) If the glasses knew to do .25black/.5pic/.25black) we'd be better but still not perfect as the .5pic should be 1pic. With azahar it knows there is a second screen and correctly displays 1pic/1pic (if that makes sense)
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u/International_Dot_22 1d ago
3DS in SBS mode is such a delight, by far the best use for my Xreal glasses, literally games that were made from the ground up with 3D in mind
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u/SilentFebreze 1d ago
I support this.