Is 3D a dead end?

[JOZeldenrust]

Cameron (Avatar) has said many times that he thinks 3D is the way to keep the movie-going business viable. It's the one thing that will be very difficult to do in a home theater setup.

As 3D movies require you to wear a pair of special specs, I have to wear them over my regular glasses, which distorts the effect slightly, and is very uncomfortable.

If 3D really catches on, then prescription 3D glasses should follow along. Assuming that's also technically possible.

It is. Modern 3D specs use polarization filters. These can be applied to optical lenses without any problem.

[JOZeldenrust]

Cameron (Avatar) has said many times that he thinks 3D is the way to keep the movie-going business viable. It's the one thing that will be very difficult to do in a home theater setup.

As 3D movies require you to wear a pair of special specs, I have to wear them over my regular glasses, which distorts the effect slightly, and is very uncomfortable.

If 3D really catches on, then prescription 3D glasses should follow along. Assuming that's also technically possible.

Well, SKY are already showing 3D TV programmes (mostly sport at present), and 3D televisions without glasses will be available in a few years time.

3D TV's without glasses? How's that supposed to work? Projection dependant on perspective, like the 3D postcards with the vertical lines?

[Geoff]

Cameron (Avatar) has said many times that he thinks 3D is the way to keep the movie-going business viable. It's the one thing that will be very difficult to do in a home theater setup.

As 3D movies require you to wear a pair of special specs, I have to wear them over my regular glasses, which distorts the effect slightly, and is very uncomfortable.

If 3D really catches on, then prescription 3D glasses should follow along. Assuming that's also technically possible.

Well, SKY are already showing 3D TV programmes (mostly sport at present), and 3D televisions without glasses will be available in a few years time.

3D TV's without glasses? How's that supposed to work? Projection dependant on perspective, like the 3D postcards with the vertical lines?

Similar concept, yep.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... ut-glasses

[JimC]

I have never seen it, and never will.

Bah humbug...

[charlou]

Yet another thing that bothers me is that people are very good at constructing a threedimensional mental image from a twodimensional physical image. People have been doing this successfuly since the dawn of humanity, with most of the current depiction techniques developed about 500 years ago. 3D is filling a nonexistent void.

This for me. Although I think it's possible that some of us are more natural at it than others, while still others are just better at accommodating contrived 3D visuals effectively.