Tried real time desktop 2D-3D conversion and I was BLOWN AWAY

The two apps I know can do this are Owl3D and iw3. Both are amazing, but they’re flawed. Owl3D has more noticeable wrapping, while iw3 is a bit of a pain to set up.

Once I got iw3 set up though, it looks amazing. I almost can’t tell it’s not native 3D, and the fact that it is being converted in real time is surreal to me. It works great with pictures, but most of all in videos and movies. To skip the iw3 web server I used a second screen in Virtual Desktop, full screened the local iw3 window, made the virtual display the middle one and enabled 3D. I still had the 2D movie playing on one side, but I made it small enough to the point it didn’t bother me. Then I changed the environment to the dark cinema one and it was like having a private 3D movie theater. You can also use the web server mind you, and it is much simpler to just enter the IP on your headset’s web browser and full screen it, but I wanted the “theater experience”.

The best part is that you don’t even need to have a physical version of the movie, and you don’t need all the extra storage 3D rips / conversions usually consume. You don’t even need to store the movie locally. You can just stream it through any streaming service, and as long as GPU acceleration is off in your web browser, it should just play.

I know conversions will probably never get to the level of a proper filmed in 3D movie, but this is the next best thing. Much simpler and quicker than going through the process of either ripping or converting your own movie.