“The golden era of 3D home movie releases”
The era was never golden. Most people did it a handful of times, got a headache, and never did it again.
I did it fairly often throughout. Left the 3D slider of my 3DS cranked up permanently, too, if you must know.
Either way I do own a bunch of 3D Blurays until they started making you choose between 3D and 4K and eventually stopped making them altogether.
Theres a bit of a difference between slider on the 3ds and the fad that was 3d tvs that came with their own glasses. We used it like a handful of times when we first got the TV, but I think no one I lived with actually liked the effect, it just made them nauseous or annoyed by the glasses. My parents were mad at first when i got rid of their 3d tv, and I said good riddance lol.
Well, 3D was a feature on many high end TVs, all the way to the start of the OLED era. It’s not like it was mandatory to use. But yeah, not everybody was into it, and I certainly would much prefer glassless 3D as with the 3DS. The big problem there is supporting multiple viewers at once. I would definitely take it for a monitor or a phone, all else being equal.
IMAX 3D was impressive. Regular cinemas with 3D movies, meh.
I thought Men in Black were awesome in 3D. I don’t understand why more movies were not released in that format
I’d be watching all my shit in 3D…
If they actually sold 3D TV’s that used the polar glasses and streaming services streamed 3D movies.
People say they were a gimmick, but a basic polarized TV’s for a reasonable price were never a thing.
I used to do a lot of research in 3D imaging, and my take is that passive stereoscopic glasses were always destined to fail because they cause eye strain for too many people. And that eye strain is usually caused by the fact that the focal point is fixed, and a lot of eyeballs fight that when they see a three dimensional image. We’re used to being able to shift focus at will with real-world 3D space.
This problem doesn’t impact everyone, and it’s not as bad with immersive experiences that keep items sharp in the foreground and background, or with films that don’t have interesting shit happening the background.
That said, it’s a really old and well documented problem, and I don’t believe we have affordable varifocal viewing solutions on the market yet.
It was a gimmick. Half the movies released in 3D during the last wave were poorly done conversions not even shot for 3D.
It’s always fun to watch some cheesy action or horror movie from when 3d was being pushed super hard. All of a sudden there’s a scene where things are being flung at the camera for no apparent reason and you say, oh yeah, this was supposed to be 3d.
Yeah, that’s not quite the “shot for 3D” I was talking about. Those are the worst 3D films that don’t even hide that it’s a gimmick.
I don’t know if they’re shot in 3D, but I enjoy the nature and science movies shown at my local planetarium. There’s nothing gimmicky about them, just subtle depth.
I think that’s a different beast.
Half the movies released in 3D during the last wave were poorly done conversions not even shot for 3D.
Only half? -_-
I’ve only seen a few movies that were actually filmed in 3D. Even Gravity was filmed in 2D.
The problem is that actually filming in 3D requires using different (and expensive) hardware, and different creative direction all across the board. You can’t just upgrade to a 3D camera and call it a day. Not many studios will put in that kind of effort for something that is not proven in the market. And not many filmmakers are actually skilled at working in 3D, simply due to lack of direct experience.
I saw the Hobbit movies in high framerate 3D in the theater, and while they were not good movies, they looked absolutely amazing because they were committed 100% to the format from start to finish — not just with the hardware, but with the lighting, makeup, set design, everything. It’s a shame the movies sucked, and it’s a shame that there has never been a way to watch them in HFR 3D outside of select theaters.
I’d honestly be down to buy a VR headset if movies otherwise used them in some sort of universal format. Definitely not buying Samsung/Sony/Paramount/Meta VR bullshit though.
Yeah it would be nice to get Movies Anywhere or something fully on board. All the movie studios are sitting on 3D movies already, they just need to make the app(s).
It sorta partially is. On Apple’s movie store you get the 3D version with the HD/4K version. So if your movies anywhere unlocks the HD/4K it should unlock the 3D too. As long as the publisher has put the 3D version up there. And many did as a result of the Vision Pro.
I have a bunch of 3D movies available on my Vision Pro, and I’ve never specifically bought one in 3D. Many came from digital codes.
Apple has the largest collection of 3D movies right now.
The thing is, new content with proper 3D isn’t being made much these days. I’d estimate Apple has the bulk of what exists available already.
Edit: where am I wrong here?
