[photo-3d] Re: 2D into 3D END OF STEREO

[E R Swanson <ers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Maxey is bang on with his assessment of 3D. I think the conversion
process is just around the corner, but the audience is the key factor for
it being a viable product. As long as you have to use liquid crystal
shuttering glasses, or even polaroid glasses it will remain a gimmick as
far as movies go. Theaters even resisted setting up for doing the recent
films like Spacehunter or Jaws 3D, because a reflective screen is
necessary. There will have to be a simple, television-based system that
doesn't require wearing glasses, and that is compatable with standard tv.

I wear virtual i/o glasses for 3D movies, but most people wouldn't put up
with that massive chunk of headgear.

It *is* a small, internally focused community, and the track record for 3D
movies ranges from really bad to mediocre-- with the possible exception of
Dial M for Murder which Hitchcock made in 3D under studio duress. 

Elliott