Stereoscopic 3D Gaming on iMac 5k - Lack of support by MacOS?

Now that we Mac owners can get the latest and greatest games on Steam, I was thinking of buying the upcoming release of 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ game.


Viewing this game on YouTube, I noticed that one of the uploaded videos showed that the PC version of SOTTR has a Stereoscopic 3D option in the Displays menu. I was even able to view it in 3D on my 55” 3D TV made by LG.


So I enquired of Feral Interactive, the publishers of SOTTR on the Mac, as to whether the forthcoming MacOS version of this game would also have this feature. I have my iMac hooked up to an LG Cinema 3D D2343 computer monitor that can display Stereoscopic 3D (Passive). I use this monitor whenever I want to edit 3D photos taken on my FujiFilm Finepix W3 Real 3D camera. The App. I use for this is the MacOS version of StereoMerger.


Feral Interactive told me "Please note that stereoscopic 3D is not supported in our Mac version of the game due to lack of support in the OS for this in our games.”


This is disappointing. Are they correct though?


As a long time user of Macs I’m have been aware of a certain unspoken prejudice against the platform in the gaming industry over the years, so I’m wondering if the above response might be another symptom of that?


I suppose it is unlikely as Feral are publishing the game on MacOS but I can’t help wondering nevertheless.

iMac 27", 10.13

Posted on Feb 3, 2019 6:07 AM

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Feb 16, 2019 2:29 AM in response to El Deanio

The feature must be supported somehow because I have an app that allows me to edit and view stereo images on a special monitor connected to my iMac by HDMI to the minidisplay port via an adaptor.


Even if MacOS doesn’t itself support 3D, I think it probably doesn’t have to. If one single guy in Norway can write an App that permits 3D on the Mac (and PC as it happens) why not Feral with all their resources?


This make me suspect that, as you say, Feral simply can’t be bothered.


Thank you for your response. I’m now pretty sure what the real issue is.




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