Allow 3D glasses

Started by Tlaloc

Tlaloc Lv 1

Allow the ability to use red/blue glasses to see figures in 3D. It might make it a little easier to see the 3D structure of the protein.

Bletchley Park Lv 1

There are several stereoscopic solutions available that should work out-of-the-box for Foldit without software modification.

  1. (Most likely to succeed) Nvidia 3D Vision. LCD shutter glasses.

  2. A pair of ASUS LCD shutter glasses.

  3. A pair of ELSA Revelator glasses, combined with a riva TNT2 graphics card (oldskool AGP connection). As long as Foldit uses Z-buffering it should work. I have used this in the past and it is very convincing.

I have an eye condition which allows me to see Foldit models in semi-stereoscopy (depth in the flat plane). It does aid in the understanding of 3-d layout, but does not help much in moving things around as the UI is still combersome in that respect. A gesture interface 'pick it and move it around' would be more beneficial, like VPL powergloves or Oblong's G-Speak. (http://oblong.com/). Think: KiNect or Wii.

BootsMcGraw Lv 1

You're forgetting us colorblind folks, again. For it to be useful to me, it would have to be done with two slightly different images side by side, like the old stereograms were done.

Bletchley Park Lv 1

I have started the initiative to explore the possibilities of connecting the WiiMote and Nunchuck to a PC in combination with Foldit. I will post updates when available. I do not have a Mac, so cannot test that.

brow42 Lv 1

The oculus rift will be out in 20 countries in a few months. Prices will start going down an availability will go up soon after. Is folding going to be able to support this on windows and linux?

inkycatz Lv 1

As always, our top priorities in development are aimed toward improving Foldit for hardware currently available to users. While we are a small development team, we are always open to the possibility and potential for graduate students and funding towards increasing development energy (and staff) on and for new platforms and input devices.

We appreciate the suggestions and discussions that may assist (but not guarantee) prioritizing the types of hardware support that would be most useful to the community!