Virtual 98" 3D glasses for Civilisation 3

IMHO VGA Resolution is too low. esp considering the short distance to the eye
EDIT:
Thinking about it: dpi is probably as important as resolution. 800x600 for a 1" display can be quite good. How big the actual display is I can't find in the description.. only the virtual 98"
 
The reviews on Amazon are pretty middling. VGA resolution, also, would probably be too low - even if the resolution was OK for you (which it may not be, going by the reviews), you'd be trying to play a game designed for 1024x768 minimum on a 640x480 screen. It probably wouldn't be great, even if it works (which also looks questionable based on the reviews). Bottom line, I wouldn't spend money to try it.

This is also an area that's likely to see rapid evolution over the next few years, with the virtual reality improvements. Think Oculus Rift (Oculus/Facebook), Project Morpheus (Sony), Vive (HTC/Valve), HoloLens (Microsoft). It wouldn't surprise me if at some point one of these or another similar product offered the ability to use it as a video screen that would connect with a computer and mirror its display, but in an up-close, full-field-of-vision manner. And if that does happen, the quality will probably be much better.

The other reason I suspect the resolution wouldn't be great is that I've tried the Oculus Rift, first generation, and the resolution was noticeably poor IMO. At that time, they were saying about half of people saw a noticeable screen door effect, and I definitely saw it. But the second-gen and subsequent products will be higher res. The one you've linked to here is much closer to first-gen Oculus Rift resolution (and lower if that figure isn't per-eye), and thus a bit lower than what you'd really want.
 
I heard about occulus rift that virtual effect is not exactly so good as they saying. There is no feeling that you are inside the game or movie is more like seating few centimeters before 50" monitor or tv. The reason I consider to buy such a glasses is to have ability to play Civ3 on huge screen even if resolution is not very good but Civ3 resolution is not super high too. i don't know really what I expected to see.
 
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