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    The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The handheld features stereoscopic 3D technology that doesn't require glasses. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2011 and in North America on March 27, 2011.

    Is the 3DS stereoscopy the same as crossing your eyes?

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    #1  Edited By Emilio

    Just need a quick answer.

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    #2  Edited By blazerx9x
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    #3  Edited By Baillie

    I crossed my eyes while playing a 3DS and the world ended.

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    I don't really understand what you're saying, so I'm just going to say no. 

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    #5  Edited By beargirl1
    @Baillie said:
    " I crossed my eyes while playing a 3DS and the world ended. "
    oh god. good to know. 
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    #6  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    It seems like its doing the eye crossing for you. So yeah pretty much.

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    #7  Edited By TehFedro

    I'll just take the soup.

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    #8  Edited By ryanwho

    Nobody here knows how it works.

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    #9  Edited By ch3burashka

    It's basically two screens posing as one. The slider on the side dictates the angle at which the screens are pointed.

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    #10  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    You mean like those pictures where you kinda cross your eyes and a 3D image appears? I can't remember what they called those books, but I could never do it.
     
    3 minutes later: I think they were called Magic Eye books...

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    #11  Edited By ryanwho

    No. You don't have to do anything to your eyes, it just works. You don't know how.

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    #12  Edited By TheGreatGuero
    @ryanwho:  I think he's asking if it's the same concept. Heh, obviously you don't have to cross your eyes to play the 3DS.
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    #13  Edited By StaticFalconar

    No, You cross your eyes, you still see one image but with eyes crossed. 3DS has two screens and through magic its those two screens that is key to making stuff 3D, otherwise we would be playing our PS3 and 360 games in 3d already if we could just willingly always cross our eyes. 

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    #14  Edited By Emilio

    You guys be joshin' me! 
     
    So what I'm asking is if the 3DS stereoscopy ( THREE-DEE) is the same as the crossing your eyes trick. Basically, the 3DS is crossing its 'eyes' for you and that's how the 3D works. 
    Right? I'm wondering if its like that, cos that's the only way I can think it can work without glasses.

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    #15  Edited By Pancakemix

    I'm not sure how it works exactly but a guess would be that it renders each scene from slightly different angles and then will show scene A, refresh to scene B, refresh to scene A, refresh to scene B etc... showing each scene 30 times during the 60hz I imagine the screens refresh rate to be. Thus making it work like our eyes do normally without crossing them. We can see depth because we have two eyes viewing from lightly different angles, close one eye and you lose depth.  
     
    Really I don't know how it works this is just a guess. 

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    #16  Edited By Diamond
    @ryanwho said:
    Nobody here knows how it works.
    Sure we do.
     
    Because of this 'parallax barrier' your 2 eyes will see 2 different sets of pixels.  So it's not like crossing your eyes.
     
    Eye strain can still occur though because your eyes will try to focus on objects your brain thinks are in front of or behind the screen.  I guess 'in front' of the screen causes more eye strain, but Nintendo is already experimenting with the movement of objects to reduce eye strain.
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    #17  Edited By Colt
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