The iPhone ca n’t do 3-D — that might be a great thing!—but it ’s reality . Hasbro ’s stupefy a workaround — strapping your phone to a pair of big plastic goggles that commute an on - blind forked figure of speech into a stereoscopic issue . It ’s surprisingly fun !
As a objet d’art of hardwareThe MY3D ( out now , exclusively at Target , until summer ) , is n’t really much of a thing . Like I pronounce , it ’s a couple of plastic goggles with lenses for the 3D rebirth . It feels like a toy . It is a toy dog . But it ’s only $ 35 — which is pretty flashy ! And , most importantly , the apps are free ( for now ) .
Games and virtual tours are where it shines . Using the iPhone ’s gyroscope , the MY3D ’s small presentation will move along with you , leave a neat practical windowpane effect . Sometimes it ’s pretty fun — like Sector 17 , a form - of - generic shooter I tried out , which rent you swing your head around to pivot a optical maser turret ( swell design move — little maw for your thumbs made tap - shooting a piece of cake ) . I was favorable enough to be in an office chairwoman so that I could birl around like a dizzy idiot , but if you ’re at habitation , Hasbro told me there is a “ sofa fashion ” which lets you nudge your field of purview around by leaning , rather than 1:1 gesture that requires actually moving around .
The game itself was decent — though it mostly made me think how much better a Star Wars version would be — but the novelty did n’t wear down off after five minutes which is a great sign . An aquatic sim I try out was n’t quite as fun , but hey , that ’s on the devs . And , sagely , Hasbro ’s releasing an SDK this calendar month . Will anyone actually apply the SDK ? Who knows . It ’d be nifty to see someone take advantage of the phone ’s other characteristic — combining the tv camera , GPS , and 3D into augmented reality supergoggles could be a lot of fun . If dev support does n’t happen , it might be backbreaking to free the $ 35 , but if even a few lineament MY3D - compatible titles pop up , it ’s be an well-off enough thingamajig to spring for . [ Hasbro ]
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