The Jocly 3D pieces are kanji tiles, and for the Shogi variants are little more than a flat diagram viewed in perspective. So I guess what holds for the 2D representations pretty much holds for 3D as well: for recognizing the side a piece is on you go mostly by the tile orientation, but you will only notice that when you consciously focus your attention to it.
Even when the "spot the intruder" game had not been explained, a person that is shown a case that uses colors would almost instantly and spontaneously remark upon a wrong piece being amongst the army.
The Jocly 3D pieces are kanji tiles, and for the Shogi variants are little more than a flat diagram viewed in perspective. So I guess what holds for the 2D representations pretty much holds for 3D as well: for recognizing the side a piece is on you go mostly by the tile orientation, but you will only notice that when you consciously focus your attention to it.
Even when the "spot the intruder" game had not been explained, a person that is shown a case that uses colors would almost instantly and spontaneously remark upon a wrong piece being amongst the army.