P3D IMAX-3d No Window

[Derek Gee <73157.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Susan writes:
>That same night, I got to see the 3D IMAX film, Into the Deep. My guess is
>that the producers of that movie thought that the effect of having the
>image begin about 1-1/2 inches from your face would be really realistic --
>like scuba diving. It's too bad. The footage is glorious, but having
>seaweed and stuff floating by within inches of the face all the time is
>really tiring. Perhaps they think they can ignore the window, because the
>IMAX screen nearly fills your view? I mentioned my concern to one of the
>Science Center staff -- They said that children really love it. (I am
>please to say that my own museum's IMAX specialist said that that wasn't a
>very satisfying response.)

Yes, IMAX has said in the past that because it covers your entire field of
view,
there is no stereo window.  I haven't seen the film in question here, but I
suppose stuff always floating by your face could get as tiring as always
having
stuff poked in it, like in most commercial 3-D films...  Kids do like stuff
to come
out towards them, and I've often seen children at 3-D films try to catch
butterflies
(and other stuff) in films where they are in front of the window.

                                                                     Derek
Gee


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