The way it would work is that a single line would be traced out from inbetween the two eyes, to work out the object in front to focus on. The two eyes would then be rotated to face this point, and the images given by rendering the scene from them layed ontop of each other (The central point will be in the middle, giving it focus).

This would make players look around a lot more, rather than just peering at different corners of the screen.

You could also add concussion effects, e.g. when you get hit or shot your eyes go out of focus a bit (e.g. both look different ways). Blinking could also be implemented, as well as auto-gamma correction (e.g. the screen gets darker when you step outside).

Would be quite interesting to do IMO, even if it isn't very practical.

Now the auto gamma in stepping outside is an excellent idea, getting used to different light over time would be fantastic as a concept - it has a lot of potential and is quite easily transfered onto a screen - differentiate areas with an ambient light level, and on moving from one area to another the light level change causes an increase/decrease in gamma which reduces over time. Nice concept - could work well in a Half-Life style area - coming out of a dark tunnel into bright sunlight could be momentairily blinding, or eyes grow accustomed to the dark.

[Edited by 2 at 20:14, 3/1/2001]

In the recent ProjectIGI (for instance) there is a touch where the view switches to third person when doing tasks that require concentration (opening doors etc).

Its touches like this and your ideas that make games feel fresh and different to what has gone before.

Do say if ive talked rubbish

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