New 3D business opportunity -- let's get rick quick!!

[P3D Adam L. Beckerman <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A thought just came to me (I'm sure someone else has also 
thought of this), but here goes:

With the advent of 3D broadcasting around the corner (see 
Eric's post about New Visual Entertainment and STAR's 
merger), and Albert at Apec looking to create the THRID 
ROUND (don't know what the second was) of 3D popularity 
by increasing the use of computer 3D images and viewers, 
I am proposing this:

Since Intel and Microsoft (according to Albert) have created 
a specification for 3D glasses, thus making them a potentially 
cheap and widely available peripheral, and the quality and 
price of digital cameras is ever-improving, why don't we all 
pool our money to form a company to create the FIRST 
STERO DIGITAL CAMERA!!!  The entry price for such an 
item could be upwards of $1000, and depending on the 
manufacturing cost, has the potential for very large profit 
margins.  I see an immense opportunity for this in the future, 
with 3D glasses being a cheap peripheral, partnerships with 
companies such as Albert's to offer a package of camera 
AND viewer, etc....  Adding infrared technology to digital 
cameras is already in the works so that transmission of the 
images from camera to pc/mac is done quickly and easily.  
The camera can have synched zoom lenses for close-ups 
and macros, and can have all the features we all know and 
love in our stereo cameras.  So what do you say??  If we 
form a company and sell stock publicly, maybe we can 
raise enough capital to begin R&D and production, and 
maybe beat Sony, Sharp, Kodak, and all the rest of them 
to this very attractive market.  Eventually, of course, the 
price would fall (just as 2d digital camera prices are 
starting to do) and consumers could purchase it at a very 
reasonable cost.  This would hopefully have the side effect 
of boosting stereo photography's popularity (thus attaining 
a THIRD ROUND), but may unfortunately make Realists and 
all other traditional stereo cameras a novelty....  We'll be 
considered lucky owners of such a device and they may be 
highly sought after at that point....  So, there are many ways 
we could all benefit from this.  So, give up your nest eggs, 
life savings, and cash in your savings bonds, and let's get 
this going from the bottom up!!!!

Sorry to subject you to my wishful thinking and lunatic 
raving, but I think there is definitely something here that 
can boost stereo photography beyond comprehension.  No 
more barriers to consumer acceptance such as worrying 
about mounting/viewing problems, 5 things to do before 
taking a picture, which film to use and its cost, and the 
list goes way on.  Imagine spending $500 (about the same 
if not less than many of you have spent on a stereo camera) 
and never having to spend another penny on mounting 
supplies, projection equipment, no lost hours spent preparing 
the slides or prints for viewing, no worries about film not 
advancing, lost pictures, double exposed pictures, and 
again, the list goes on...

I know, I know, it's all in my dreams you say....but we 
CAN make this happen, and if we do something about it 
BEFORE the big companies do, we have the potential 
to win big on the product sales.  Any thoughts???

Adam, in 3dreamland...


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