Samsung Odyssey 3D (G90XF) Review: The Future of 3D ScreensNEWS | 12 May 2025There have always been two major issues with 3D displays: No one wants to wear 3D glasses, and there has never been enough content to take advantage of the technology.
Samsung's new Odyssey 3D monitor (G90XF) wants to solve these problems in one fell swoop. It uses a lenticular lens and eye-tracking cameras to create a convincing 3D effect to bring PC games to life. It costs a hefty $2,000, a steep price considering how good (and affordable) gaming monitors are nowadays, but the Odyssey brings the 3D technology to the PC in a way that feels like the future we’ve always dreamed of.
Seeing Is Believing
Photograph: Luke Larsen
You can’t capture or see 3D with just a camera, and that’s one of the biggest challenges in describing the experience of using the Samsung Odyssey 3D. You do have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. While that can be true of other important monitor technologies, whether it's resolution, refresh rate, or HDR, 3D is something everyone will want to try at least once.
If you’ve seen a movie in 3D, you get the idea. Your eyes are tricked into thinking the images are moving toward you in three dimensions. Elements in a game, such as a character or even a dialog window, spring off the screen. The system uses the 3D cameras to not only track your head movement, but predict it. That’s the secret sauce in providing a wider “sweet spot” for the 3D to stay in effect. The recommended distance is between 27 and 40 inches, which gives you lots of wiggle room to get comfortable. It’s possible to sit too close or far away, but I never felt like I had to stay still or compromise my comfort to stay in view.
That’s a big step forward from where this technology was just a few years ago, though there are still limitations. You can’t have multiple people in front of the monitor at once, and there are both resolution and PC hardware requirements to be aware of. You have to play the game at full-screen in native resolution, and you’ll need at least an Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card. That rules out many lesser-powered PCs, as well as AMD video cards. You also need to have HDR turned off to play games in 3D.Author: Luke Larsen. Source
