P3D KISS in 3D

["ron labbe" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Had the unique opportunity to see the kick-off of the "KISS in 3D" ("Psycho
Circus") tour... I provided the polarized glasses for the two Boston shows!
(Apparently the tour started early, and the printed glasses weren't ready).
I won't bother to comment on the quality of the music, but the 3D set-up was
pretty interesting...

As far as I know, this is the biggest polarized stereo audience in one place
ever! The Fleet Center holds about 20,000 people- this place was pretty near
full. Behind the stage was a massive 40 foot wide 3D screen, REAR
projection! I can only guess that it was Stewart Filmscreen that provided
that extremely expensive piece of plastic... Behind it were 4 huge Hughes
video projectors; on the sides of the lighting grid were additional 25'w
silver screens... two Barco projectors on each.

During the show, GLASSES ON/OFF prompts on the screen would let fans know
when the (canned) 3D segments were happening (most of the show had live
video shown on the screens). Unfortunately, most of the stereoscopic content
was pretty lame, in my opinion. Guitars and Gene Simmons' tongue being
thrust out at the audience seemed to be the bulk of it, with some fairly
generic computer graphics thrown in. Technically it wasn't bad- not too much
parallax at the screen and few window violations. I don't know who produced
the content, but I hope to find out!

Overall the audience seemed to enjoy the 3D "gimmick", along with the
pyrotechnics, flying drums and blood spitting. I did note, however, that
halfway through the show only about half the audience were wearing their
glasses during the 3D segments... I think many chose to just leave them on
or off for the entire show, since the problem of what to do with the glasses
when you're not wearing them is a sticky one (especially when you need both
hands free to raise your fists in the air with pure rock and roll
excitement).

I was excited about that rear screen...


ron


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