Ive written a lot about 3DTV and that I consider itoccasionallyincredible.
Allow me:
https://gizmodo.com/im-sold-on-3d-tvs-and-i-kind-of-hate-myself-for-it-5443165
I stood on a crowded CES floor with an assignment I dreaded.
And these stupid screens are so unimpressive at first glance.
To the naked eye, the screen is a tad blurry and maybe even a bit washed out.
Then you slip on a pair of lightweight, heavily-douchey, thick-framed glasses.
The image you see will vary with content.
In mass, the effect is a giggle-filled novelty ever so reminiscent of Jaws 3D.
Animation is, by far, the most impressive demo you will see.
Impossibly crisp and colorful, the effect is extremely lifelike…for a cartoon.
More simply put, theres a perfect front to back gradient.
Every object looks, well, like an object, like something round that takes up real physical space.
With 3D animation, 3D is no gimmickits 2D thats the lousy undersell.
Sports are a vastly different, inferior experience.
Basketball, for instance, is interesting in 3D but also indicative of the formats limitations.
As of now, it feels more like were playing with paper dolls.
On an IMAX 3D screen, Ive mentioned that Avatarshowed me textures Id never seen before.
In the theater, I opened my eyes as wide as possible to take in the bioluminesence of Pandora.
On the small screen, a light flicker distances you, almost unconsciously, from the content.
https://gizmodo.com/avatar-review-yes-it-changed-everything-after-all-5429424
But when things go really bad…
…watching 3D is nothing but pain.
But the frame rate seems to drop, with your favorite Pixar hero moving without smoothness or extreme subtlety.
That annoying CES line I described at the start of this piece?
News from the future, delivered to your present.
We still need to see it to believe it.
