Qosmio F755

Qosmio F755 Goes 3D…Again

At this year’s CES, Toshiba showed off its glasses-free 3D gaming Laptop, the Qosmio F755. It is able to convert 2D Games into 3D on the fly, which was not the case when the device originally rolled out August of last year. At the time, the company said it was working with Nvidia to develop a custom solution. It seems they may have found it.

Toshiba has also announced that early adopters can now download the software update via Toshiba’s Service Station. The download will provide gaming support for those who bought the laptop early and will in essence make their devices identical to the one unveiled at CES.

The 17.3-inch laptop sports a Core i7 processor and 8GB of RAM as well as a Blu-ray player. The graphics are powered by a GeForce GT 540M video card. The Qosmio F755 is priced at $1499, which is about $200 less than it cost at launch. There were rumors circulating that Toshiba was going to announce a model with updated hardware, but that did not materialize.

The Qosmio F755 has a parallax screen that works using the same basic principles as that of the Nintendo 3DS. Glasses-free technology of this type has inherent limitations. Users soon find out that there is a certain sweet spot where the effect works best. The zone around the sweet spot where the 3D effect is still acceptable is relatively small. The 3D effect on the Qosmio F755 is largely dependent on the distance and position of a gamer’s head relative to the laptop’s screen. Annoyances aside, original stereoscopic images and video content usually produce good results. On-the-fly conversion of 2D content, however, is a much more hit-and-miss affair.

Qosmio F755 at CES

At CES, Toshiba allowed hands-on trials of the laptop running the popular Skyrim. Did it work? On the one hand, the Qosmio F755 did transform the game into 3D-extra dimension and all. On the other, the rendition was low quality to the point of affecting the core enjoyment of the game itself. That was just for Skyrim, however. Other games may be different altogether. It is also likely that original 3D games and official 3D conversions will produce better results.

It is difficult to say whether or not 3D technology will be the next big thing in gaming. Like in the movies, 3D is a nice novelty for the occasional film, but most viewers still prefer a two-dimensional experience. Shy of a Brainstorm experience, the 3D offerings of the Qosmio F755 may be the next best thing.

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