P3D Re: The Berlin, etc. thread

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 
>From: Chuck Field-ECF004 writes:
>..................
>  Now... if we could get the director of Titanic (John Cameron?) to make 
>another high quality 3-D movie, then the medium's got a chance.  

****  Considering stereo material seems to exist from the real exploration,
it's a shame that the movie wasn't done in 3D to start with so that when the
stereo stuff is being used, we'd get to see it as it really is. I really
hate when they hint that stereo 3D was present, but due to the 2D nature of
the film you can't really see it. What a waste.

>
>In a seperate posting, about the Magic Eye books, Larry said:
>"...there were other options available, .............
>
>Chuck Says:
>  Hey.  Didn't Oliver W. Holmes refuse to patent his design for a 
>stereoscope?  It seems that NOT patenting (back then, at least) worked 
>wonders for the industry.

****  That could be a very appropriate example, if true. A patent attorney
informed me that several such situations have existed in patent history, and
that some industries need the energy generated by common public involvement,
which is automatically squelched when someone claims a patent. The science
of patenting is to choose the right aspect to patent and the right time.
Other industries, perhaps more developed and less fragile benefit by
protection of a patent. Or maybe we needed a dozen competing patents to
liven things up... ;-)

>
>  There will always be some interest in 3-D technologies.  As for motion 
>pictures; I think we just need one good movie to be produced, where the 
>director uses the technology as a tool, NOT a toy.  Remember Last year's 3-D 
>TV fiasco?  None of the shows' directors used 3-D to enhance the show.  They 
>only used it like it was some new gadget.

****  I completely agree, though it may have been more like using an old
already broken gadget that we feel free to desecrate and smash...


>When my kid gets a new toy, he shows it to all of his school friends and 
>teachers, bragging about his newest wonder.  A couple of days later, he's 
>back to playing with the box that it came in.
>

****  There's a usable functional principle in that scenario! 

Larry Berlin

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