Viz Artist User Guide

Version 3.14 | Published October 30, 2020 ©

Stereoscopic Output Using Shutter Glasses

It is very easy to set up a working 3D environment for a designer to start creating stereoscopic scenes. The demands on the hardware are moderate.

Hardware Requirements

  • Any workstation

  • Any NVIDIA Quadro graphics card with a 3-pin DIN connector

  • NVIDIA 3D vision or equivalent

  • Monitor with a refresh rate >= 100Hz

Software Requirements

  • Viz Artist/Engine 3.3 or later

  • The display must be set to a refresh rate >= 100Hz

To Set Up a 3D Working Environment

  1. In the Windows video board 3D settings, Set Stereo - Enable to On.

  2. Select the appropriate Stereo - Display mode for each stereo device.

    Note: For NVIDIA’s 3D Vision, this is ‘On-board DIN connector’.

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  3. In Camera settings (see the Configuring Viz section of the Viz Engine Administrator Guide) set Stereo Mode to Quad Buffered.

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    Also it is possible to use an autostereoscopic monitor that supports sub-fields or side-fields, such as Miracube’s c190 series. The drawback with these displays is that you need to go On Air to get a full-screen image, which is halved in resolution.

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