Over the past few years, movies have been starting to bring the beauty of 3D back, making it that 3D was no longer just a silly gimmick that was added to an already awful movie, but an effect that added to the entire movie going experience. In the eighties and nineties, the most you could get out of a 3D movie was at most the brief feeling that a poorly animated shark was coming right for you. The addition of 3D to movies back then really did not add too much to the movie going experience, and it never became part of the mainstream entertainment media.
Today, on the other hand, it has been increasingly common for movies to be released in 3D as well as the normal viewing method. Today film makers have been using 3D filming to not add a gimmick to their movies, but in fact add an entire new range of visual perception, that makes movies look like more than just a series of pictures on a flat screen. A recent and commonly discussed example is the extraordinary success of James Cameron's Avatar, where the addition of 3D made the entire CG world that James Cameron created seem almost real and vivid, as if you as the audience were actually a part of that world.
Movies are not the only entertainment media that is now starting to get their hands onto 3D graphics and filming. Nintendo Entertainment recently unveiled their newest project in advancing video gaming technology, the Nintendo 3DS. This hand-held system of theirs is being claimed to have the ability of fully displaying three-dimensional graphics to a player, without the use of glasses. This has caused an uproar of excitement in not only the gaming world, but the technology world as well, since consumers for years have always complained about needing 3D glasses in order to experience 3D.
It does not stop there even, since when the 3DS was revealed, they announced that not only could the device display 3D graphics, the device came with two camera lenses on the front that could capture 3D images and then display them. This caused many game designers and CEO's of famous companies to become excited and filled with a plethora of ideas on how this could be used to influence and change future technology
It cannot be denied that the success of technology like this could easily change the way we view things today. Ubisoft, a popular game developer, has stated that they believe that within 3 years, it is quite likely that every household has a television with the capability to display 3D images. If this prediction is correct, it is possible that modern technology could seem like something from a science fiction piece. If entertainment in the third dimension becomes the next technological norm, than one can only imagine what possibilities that gives technology even further in the future.
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Have you ever actually watched Avatar without the 3D? I saw it first in a normal theater and very much enjoyed it. There was nothing I felt needed to be added on to it.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be confused by what "commercial success" is and what "the way of the future" is. About twenty years ago, those Nintendo Zapper controllers for the NES were considered the way of the future as well. Here we are now. Sure, they're still around but they're mostly in arcades.
Albeit, you can argue that it influenced the Wii and motion controls. But I consider that to be a fad too. What I am suggesting is this; merely be careful what you say when you insist something is the "way of the future". More often then not, you end up eating your own words.
I was shocked to see a media print add in 3D within Sport Illustrated one day and also in another magazine featuring a truck add. They attached 3D glasses to the magazine so that the every day America could still get the 'full' experience of the add.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it will take until YOUTUBE joins the 3D video movement.
I'm hoping this 3D experience is just a fad. It's such an overrated thing that everyone is trying to get a grasp on at this current moment in technology.
ReplyDeleteI am not much of a 3D person. I don't find it that much more entertaining then watching a movie with regular vision. I don't think the 3D fad will last. It was popular and then died out.. like everything else it will run in a fad. While the technology of a hand held 3D experience is cool. It will not have the same affect as going to a dark movie theatre. Or riding on a 3D ride at disney world, where everything is being controlled. I find those rides much more entertaining. Such as the Stich ride at disney world, when he spits, you get water shot on the back of your neck. Controlling the entire experience makes it feel like you are really there.
ReplyDeleteI have always been interested in 3D. While I think it is possible that it could become the way of the future, I also think it could die out as well; we just have to see what the media does with it and determine that for ourselves. I remember back in the '90s, they did a 3D showing of America's Funniest Home Videos and 3rd Rock From The Sun. Of course the 3D was terrible, but I remember that night so well because it was this brand new thing shown on television. Since then, the 3D televisions in stores have become absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, they are incredibly expensive for both the television and the glasses, although the 3D is so much better than in the movie theaters and, I think, if they can cut the prices down so average people can afford them, it could definitely be a common thing in the future.
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people who happened to be loving the new improved 3D. I watched Alice in Wonderland, Avitar, Inspicable Me, and the new 3D. Although there are still someone parts that need some work. The idea of actually feeling like you are at the scene of the movie is thrilling.
ReplyDeleteI know that people could start buying TV that has 3D capabilities and some sports stations has begun broadcasting sports games in 3D. It would be expensive to get one at first, but overtime as it gets cheaper more and more people would have access to TV with 3D capabilities.
ReplyDeleteI think the 3d is the way of the future. I remember not going to see a movie over the summer because the theater didn't offer it in 3d. If the fad continues I am sure that nearly every form of media will be available in 3d. However, when I leave a 3d movie I often find that the real world doesn't look as crisp as I remember it. This feeling usually fades after a few minutes, but this makes me wonder if everything was 3d would people loose their appreciation for natural beauty?
ReplyDeleteWHOA. I had no idea the 3DS was that innovative, Donny. Mind blown. That's really amazing. While I think we've lost the reason behind 3D movies, I am excited to find out the future for 3D games. It opens up an entire new world to us game creators, which is really cool. Maybe it'll be terrible, maybe it won't. But, I'm thinking, if 3D does become big in the game industry, it'll do a lot of good for environmental artists like me. It would be a dream come true to see my creation in 3D, if it turns out to be, um, good (cough unlike movies cough).
ReplyDeleteSo, anyway, about movies: 3D is something that should be used to make the world in the movie seem more credible. I saw UP and Coraline in 3D, because it looks AMAZING. I haven't seen a live action movie in this type of 3D yet, because I'm reluctant to, but I imagine it works better with animated movies.
3D is bad when we use it for "OH MY GOD THAT THING IS FLYING RIGHT AT YOUR FACE JK LOL IT'S ONLY 3D, COOL HUH?!" And that happens approximately ten times during the movie.
So I'm hoping the direction the gaming industry goes with 3D is the former, and definitely not the latter. Ever.
Why is 3D popping up everywhere anyways?! I think it's terribly overrated and fails to enhance the experience, in the way that many people think it does. I'm simply bored with the technological advancements that are happening in the entertainment market right now.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I enjoy seeing movies in 3d now, I do think it is just a fad. With that being said, I think it is a fad that is going to be around for a long time. Because movie companies are making money off of it, they will continue to use it until a newer, "better" technology comes around.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the average consumer has been jaded in regards to 3D technology by the film industries utter failure to utilize it properly. I for one feel that if the technology is used in a creative way that pushes past the limit of what was done before it will be better received by the consumer market. Someone out there just has to be brave enough to take the next leap with the technology and we will finally see what potential it has. Personally, I am more interested in the "total immersion" concepts for technology in games, but I believe that 3D technology needs to be used properly before that can become a reality.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this topic because I like 3D movies much more than regular ones. I watched Avatar normally then in 3D and the one in 3D was much better than watching it regularly. I felt like I was watching a completely different movie and was completely immersed in it because I felt like I was there. I think that the new technology that is being created is just enhancing and adding to our experiences.
ReplyDeleteI will be very interested to see where all of this "3D" business will take us in the future. I think that there is a good chance that it will explode into something that every household will have. But who knows it could be a fad that dissipates in the next couple of years. Beside 3D TV and 3D gaming I think there is a big arena for 3D to be used as a tool. In particular I think that it could be very useful in architecture and other graphical areas like computer aided design(CAD). Only time will tell.
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To add on to the 3D aspect, I saw a preview for a new samsung device that has a two way camera and can sync with google maps, so you have real time video and on the screen you can get info about the stores that you are pointing the camera on. The technology that will be avaliable in ten years will be almost unimaginable today.
ReplyDelete3D like you said has been perfected over the years even thought its been around a lot longer. I have even seen some prosumer video cameras that are going to be soon available for anyone to try 3D which is awesome. 3D is a great concept, hopefully it will get even better in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think the 3D aspect is really cool. When the wii interactive controls came out, that was so cool to me, and i love playing the games. Now with 3D it takes everything to a whole new level.
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