NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA 3DTV Play software that allows consumers to connect their GeForce GPU powered desktop and laptop to 3D TV for playing PC games in 3D on big screen. The 3DTV Play will work on computers that have HDMI or DVI outputs and will offer 1080p at 24fps, 720p at 60 fps and 720p at 50 fps in 3D format. It will support both the active shutter TV glasses and passive polarized glasses.

NVIDIA says 3DTV Play software will automatically convert more than 400 games to stereoscopic 3D in real time, without the need for special patches for each games. It will also support full HD Blu-ray 3D playback with real-time GPU accelerated decoding and playback on GeForce GPU. Consumers will also be able to watch streaming 3D movies and view photographs in 3D on a 3D TV.

For the launch of 3DTV Play, NVIDIA is teaming up with Panasonic on its coast-to-coast 2010 “Panasonic Touch the Future Tour,” where consumers can test drive 3DTV Play-based PCs running on the new Panasonic VIERA Full HD 3D TVs, that just launched this month. NVIDIA 3DTV Play software will be available later this spring and sold separately with an anticipated MSRP of $39.99. It will also be available for free for current NVIDIA 3D Vision customers.
[Via NVIDIA]