Yes, I have seen a new movie in 3D and I still get headaches from the ones that require you to wear the polarized glasses (especially the IMAX 3D showings). After a 2hr+ movie in 3D I have a raging headache.Originally Posted by TravisR
^ Have you seen a new movie in 3-D? I get a headache fairly quickly from older 3-D movies but I have yet to get even the slightest headache from current 3-D movies.
You're the first person that I've read that has had a problem with it.Originally Posted by Eric F
Yes, I have seen a new movie in 3D and I still get headaches from the ones that require you to wear the polarized glasses (especially the IMAX 3D showings). After a 2hr+ movie in 3D I have a raging headache.
But it's stuff with bulky plastic glasses. It remains to be seen whether people will watch TV with the specialized, polarized-shutter glasses. I would for favorite shows e.g. BSG. But I'm a TV nut. I have a hard time envisioning the vast majority of my friends and family wearing these.Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
This isn't that cheesy
stuff with the cardboard glasses.
Better make that two. I saw "Coraline" and "Up" in 3D and have no desire to see another 3D presentation whatsoever. The picture was dim and washed out compared to standard film or digital projection, and it gave me a headache at about the one hour mark.You're the first person that I've read that has had a problem with it.
That's good to hear. Knowing the technology behind them, they have to be bulkier than the simple polarized glasses used at the movie theaters. But I haven't worn them.Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
Dave,
To be honest, the glasses were never a distraction. They
never felt heavy on the face. And you know what? If this
method right now produces the best 3D that I have seen
(and I have seen many demos from companies like Dalite
and Mitsubishi), then I welcome the glasses.
3D in the 80s was analyglyph, right? Red / Blue paper / plastic throwaway glasses?Originally Posted by Worth
I was around for the second 3D wave in the 80s, and from what I remember, it's no better now than it was then.
I said the same thing until I saw Panasonic's demo last year. This ain't yo daddy's 3D!
3D in the 80s used polarized glasses, as did the majority of 3D presentations in the 1950s. The red and blue system was an alternative for small theaters that couldn't afford the polarized system. It was never the cutting edge. The polarized system has been around for quite a while.Originally Posted by DaveF
3D in the 80s was analyglyph, right? Red / Blue paper / plastic throwaway glasses?
There's no comparison between "old" 3D and "new" 3D using polarized glasses. It's unfortunate that 3D gives you headaches. That's intrinsic to the mechanism, though I understand the filming process is better accounting for the physiology and decreasing the eyestrain for viewers.
Roger Ebert also has said he dislikes the 3D systems as it reduces the vibrancy of the image. I can't argue artistic taste there. But it's "simply" a technical problem requiring brighter projection to compensate.