Movies | January 07, 2011 | 2 comments

Electronics makers try to resurrect the third dimension

source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/01/06/ces.3dtv/index.html

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Patrick Miller loves the idea of three-dimensional images jumping out of his living room TV, wowing his family and friends.But, like many tech journalists and analysts, he's found 3-D TV to be completely "underwhelming" so far. There aren't many 3-D movies available at home. The images give people headaches. The glasses are nerdy, expensive and uncomfortable, since they use "active shutters" to toggle images between your eyes.

link:http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/01/06/ces.3dtv/index.html
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2 comments // Electronics makers try to resurrect the third dimension

  • pjacobs51
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    • The reason 3-D is "underwhelming" is because it seems so unnecessary.

      I saw Tron legacy 3-D, the only good part about the 3-D was the title and credits. Text looked awesome, it would be a great effect for typography. But as far as 3-D in the movie, it seemed to get in the way or take you away from the experience. And yes, the glasses sucked, just more bothersome "stuff" getting in the way of a "good" movie.

      In short . . . DO NOT WANT!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • Varex_Sythe
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      Varex_Sythe  
    • pjacobs51:

      "DO NOT WANT!!!" Heh, lolbat...

      Anyways, I think that it is possible to incorporate 3-D successfully into films, the problem is we don't know how to do it yet and nobody has really experimented with it beyond the conventional uses or methods of producing a 3-D image. At the moment, 3-D seems less like a part of the films, and more like a distraction whenever I watch it.

      There are two things I propose in order to make 3-D a better experience for movies.

      First, get something better than those crappy glasses. If you think those glasses are a pain, try wearing them when you are near sighted and require normal glasses to see anything at a distance. Glasses upon glasses are a pain in the padded ass.

      Second, become creative with it. So far the only thing I have seen with 3-D in movies is that they are either originally shot entirely in 3-D, or they were shot in 2-D and made 3-D with crappy computer compilations (not real 3-D, but a trick where your eyes see the exact same pictures from mildly different angles rather than two slightly different pictures from mildly different angles). Why not mix the 3-D up a bit? Play with the depth perception of the audience and the characters on screen. Make important characters, or characters who are being pivotal to the plot fully 3 dimensional at the time that they are important, and have other characters not have quite so much physical depth as a way to focus the audiences attention? Have a scene start out as 2-D, but become 3-D as the camera rotates or pivots around the scene, thus not only changing the perspective of the scene, but the perspective on the scene as well.

    • 1 year ago
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