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From: Anthony Cruz-Balberdy (anthonycruzpr_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2019 - 08:35:24 CST
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Hi Jordi:
Thanks for the information. For any chance, do you have any experience
using a Tv with this setup? Because we are interested in using it for
presentations purposes too.
Regards,
Anthony
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 11:02 AM Jordi Bujons <jordi.bujons_at_iqac.csic.es>
wrote:
> Hi Anthony,
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> I have had an Nvidia Quadro 4000 graphics card plus an Nvidia 3D Vision 2
> kit plugged to a BenQ 3D monitor for several years now and it works pretty
> well: I can get quadbuffered 3D stereo on my workstation running OpenSuse
> linux with vmd, pymol and other commercial visualizers (Maestro, Discovery
> Studio,..), with no problems at all.
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> If you want to go for this, you should make sure you get an Nvidia 3D
> Vision kit that includes the IR emitter plus the glasses, since some
> sellers sell just the glasses as if they were the full kit.
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> You should also be careful with the graphics card you get: if you want 3D
> stereo on linux, it must be a Quadro card, GTX class cards do not support
> stereo on linux, afaik (this used to be true some time ago, but I am not
> sure if somebody has already found some way to achieve it). On the other
> hand, GTX cards on windows can do 3D for gaming but I do not think they can
> do quadbuffered stero with vmd or other modeling software.
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> I also had to get an Nvidia 3D Stero bracket with a 3 pin mini-DIN
> connector that goes attached to the graphics card and to the IR emitter.
> You may have to look for this too, although I do not know if modern Quadro
> cards still need it.
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> Finally, configuring your graphics driver to use 3D stereo requires some
> work, but it is not difficult, just tweaking a bit the xorg.conf file.
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> Best luck,
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> Jordi
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> *De:* owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> <owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>] *En nombre de *Anthony Cruz-Balberdy
> *Enviado el:* jueves, 21 de febrero de 2019 15:00
> *Para:* vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> *Asunto:* vmd-l: Re: 3d visualization setup
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Any new information related to 3d visualization?
> There is a wiki page for this? because all the threads on the mailing list
> seem old and for the newest, there are no answers.
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> Regards,
>
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>
> Anthony
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> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:47 PM Anthony Cruz-Balberdy <
> anthonycruzpr_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
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>
> Recently, our research group acquired a new location for our lab that will
> allow us to build a 3d visualization room. We want to acquire a 3d HDTV (55
> or 60 in) for visualization purposes.
>
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> We talk about the possibility of using Nvidia 3d vision but Im not sure if
> is the best option.
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> Do you have any recommendations for the Tv and the workstation to use with
> the tv?
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> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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> Regards,
>
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>
> Anthony Cruz
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>
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