Novatech brings Nvidia stereoscopic specs to UK

BRITISH E-TAILER Novatech is boasting it will be the first in the UK market to flog Nvidia's expensive Stereoscopic 3D Glasses.

For the eye-popping price of £120.74 inc. VAT, punters can buy themselves a pair of the geeky wireless glasses, designed to even fit over prescription glasses.

Also, users with abnormally shaped noses, fear not! Nvidia has bunged no less than three adjustable nose pieces in the box so the specs will sit comfortably atop your shnozz.

Nvidia reckons the high price for its glasses is justified due to the super high quality plastic used to make them, and of course the fact it will allow users hours of dizzy nausea watching 3D films, playing 3D video games.

The glasses, which work via an infrared transmitter plugged into a PC's USB, are also powered by standard USB cable and can purportedly last a whole week without a recharge.

Of course, a user would have to have the appropriate Nvidia hardware and drivers to be able to use the specs, namely a GeForce 8800-series graphics card or better.

Apparently "over 350 games" are automatically converted to 3D when the glasses are donned, just so long as users also shell out enough for the special 120Hz LCD monitor which works with them.

Novatech, hoping to persuade punters to part with their hard-earned cash has decided to bundle a Samsung 2233RZ monitor with a pair of the geeky goggles for a hefty £290 inc. VAT.

Novatech reckons the Samsung 2233RZ, "displays 5:4 and 4:3 images at accurate aspect ratios without enlargement or distortion" and lets users set up a shortcut key to switch quickly between 2D and 3D.

We're not sure how many people are going to be willing to shell out close to £300 for a novelty 3D gaming experience, but we could just be being short sighted on theis one.