If I may jump in, I wonder if there are any hardware configurations (monitor, 3D glasses, graphics cards, etc.) that allow 3D graphics with a MacIntosh OSX platform.
-Daniel On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Wim Burmeister <wim.burmeis...@ibs.fr> wrote: > I answer a bit late, but I repost a message on 3D graphics from Mai 2017 : > > Hello, > > we just wanted to share our experience in finding a configuration which > allows to use 3D graphics under linux using Nvidia GeForce 3D glasses. > > We had quite a hard time to find a configurations which works correctly. > > We finally used Debian linux with a xfce desktop. Other recent desktops > use a tiling which is not compatible with 3D graphics. > > The hardware consists of > > - a DELL Precision T5810 desktop computer with an Nvidia Quadro M4000 > (8 Gbyte memory, 4 DP) graphics card > - Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision 2 (NVIDIA GEF 3D VISION 2 GLASSES KIT) > active stereo glasses > - a stereo connector PNY Quadro 4000 3D for the synchronization of > graphics card and glasses > - an ASUS 24" LED 3D - VG248QE display > - a DisplayPort-DisplayPort cable > > The Nvidia linux drivers from version 367.57 can handle the current > version of the Nvidia glasses. > > For an obscure reason a direct DP-DP connection between graphics card and > display is absolutely required in order to obtain fully working stereo. If > a DP-DVI dual link adapter is used, the stereo does not work on the top and > the bottom part of the screen. This is true for a native DELL active > adaptor or generic models. The exact reason remains unresolved, but the > solution is to use a direct DP-DP connection. This limits the available > choice of displays which require 120 Hz for 1080*1980 screen resolution and > a DP input. We have been choosing a “Nvidia 3D ready” model. > > There has been a considerate about of exchange about this problem on > > https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/992892/linux/partially-working- > stereoscopic-effect-with-3d-vision-under-debian-linux/ > > The setup comes with a price tag of about 1600 € free of taxes. > > coot, pymol and chimera work straight without problems in hardware stereo > mode. The experience is absolutely great. > > Best > > Wim > -- > > Wim Burmeister > Professeur > Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) CIBB > 71 avenue des Martyrs > <https://maps.google.com/?q=71+avenue+des+Martyrs&entry=gmail&source=g> > CS 20192 > 38044 Grenoble Cedex 9, FRANCE > E-mail: wim.burmeis...@ibs.fr > Tel: +33 (0) 457 42 87 41 Fax: +33 (0) 476 20 94 00 > website > <http://www.ibs.fr/research/research-groups/viral-replication-machines-group-m-jamin/team-03/article/poxvirus-replication-machinery-presentation/> > > >
