Another interesting article/Blog Post form Norman Hollyn talking about 3D, and it’s future…
I’m not the biggest fan of 3D movies, and I’ve written about this in the past… I feel as though the technology dropped out of popularity long ago for a reason, and bringing it back will just cause it to die out eventually anyway.
Part of the reason I dont’ like it is because 1) it gives me a headache and 2) I dont’ like paying extra for my movie to “rent” the 3D glasses… on the other hand, I probably wouldn’t buy my own pair either.
In this regard its a very limiting technology… the fact that I have to watch a movie with glasses (over my own glasses) is kind of obnoxious… and quite frankly, I will probably be a supporter of 3D when they develop a technology that does not require glasses, now that would be effective…
Norman Hollyn talks about the areas in which 3D has it’s place, namely in video games… and I tend to agree with that, but that harkens back to the days of Virtual Reality, where you were suppose to feel as though you were really in the game. What ever happened to Virtual Reality anyway?
There are two movies coming out this year that I am looking forward too, one is the movie Monsters vs. Aliens… it does seem like it would be a fun movie whether you watch it in 3D or not… but ironically if I’m going to watch a movie that is available in either 2D or 3D.. I’m going to take the 3D and get the full experience.
The other movie is Coraline, which looks interesting because it’s the first 3D movie that is done in Stop Motion animation… which I have a soft spot for, and a love for.
Another thing worth pointing out is the technology side of 3D movies, I thought it was interesting how he describes the two different processes used for 3D… one is putting two projectors side by side, and the glasses trick your brain into thinking that it’s 3D. The other is a bit more complex, it requires glasses that “blink” every other frame…. so it’s blinking so fast that you wouldn’t notice it. (read more in Norman’s article to get a better grasp of what I mean).
I will continue to follow the growing trend surrounding 3D movies, hoping that one day it will get better…. but as for right now, I feel as though it’s a passing fad.