[Philip Lelyveld comment: this story describes the device and the Apps available for 3D viewing]
[by ALEXIS M, gamingbits.com] [Excerpt]
Hasbro brings 3D gaming, movies and photos to the iPhone and iPod touch with the my3D Viewer. The my3D Viewer is available in Black or White at $34.99 MSRP. It’s a non-electronic device that uses a method of stereoscopic 3D display. The way that my3D Viewer works is by displaying an image to your left eye and showing a slightly offset image to your right eye. A divider inside the unit does this. Both of these images, displayed on the iPhone or iPod touch screen, are interpreted as one and give the perception of 3-D. This visual trick has been done before for the PSP gaming system. Konami used the 3D method with Metal Gear Ac!d 2‘s “Solid Eye” attachment in 2006.
The Solid Eye was a low cost collapsible cardboard unit with a divider, packed with the UMD game, which was used to create the 3D effect. Hasbro’s my3D Viewer is a much more solid construction than, well, the Solid Eye. If you are thinking you can use a Solid Eye on an iOS device, or even make your own stereoscopic viewer, Hasbro has crafted a measure to prevent that from happening. A unique pin printed inside each my3D Viewer unit must be input in a my3D app or game to use it, preventing the use of a homemade 3D viewer. Enter the code once and it will work for all my3D apps downloaded. Hasbro currently offers seven my3D games and applications. Five my3D apps are available for free: my3D 360 Sharks, my3D Tunnel Pilot, my3D Bubble Bolt, my3D Teleport L.A. and my3D Presents. Two are available for a price: my3D Shatterstorm ($1.99) and my3D Sector 17 ($4.99). More details on each of these games are further below.
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