3D Blu-Ray and YouTube Coming Soon to the PS3

July 13, 2010 By Ryan Fleming

A pair of firmware upgrades will allow the PlayStation 3 to show 3D Blu-ray movies, 3D videos from YouTube, and 3D images.

You have to hand it to Sony, once the company has an idea, it sticks to it. The push for 3D technology continues, as Sony has announced more support will be coming soon for the PlayStation 3 that will allow owners to watch 3D Blu-ray movies, 3D YouTube, and view 3D pictures.

Joystiq is reporting that a new batch of firmware will soon be heading to the PS3 to further support the evolution of the 3D market.

The first firmware will be to support Blu-ray 3D movies, and it will be available via the PlayStation Network on September 12. The YouTube update will be available within the next 12 months, and the support for 3D pictures is due later this year. Sony also recently unveiled a pair of new 3D digital still cameras as well, and the line of Sony’s 3D TVs continues to grow.

Microsoft has yet to show the same enthusiasm for the new medium, but an Xbox 360 firmware update to allow 3D games and possibly video content is rumored to be on the way. Nintendo will soon be releasing the 3DS, a 3D handheld console, but the limitations of the Wii’s hardware make 3D gaming unlikely.

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ylod at 9:45am 4th November 2010 Very Nice its so good to hear that
ps3 yellow light at 9:41am 4th November 2010 HD is becomming second nature now
NalL at 5:13pm 7th September 2010 The 360 has always been on a 2 update a year schedule, just google xbox360 fall update or spring update. That being said my 7 year old laptop can output 3d video to my TV, but rendering games in 3d is a little harder because the console will have to render a scene twice as large(one scene for each eye). This doesnt mean that the system can't do it, just that the quality of the games will be lower, (same goes for PS3).
ioman at 7:50pm 13th July 2010 My guess is that the Xbox 360 is not upgradeable to support 3D. How many firmware updates has the Xbox had in the past year? Seems like only a couple.