Here's an idea if you can't see 3D at the Cinema

[cheshirenoir]

Inspired by a conversation with people about whether people like 3D or not I came up with a bit of a "hack" that should work for those of you who, for whatever reason, cannot see 3D (or worse, get headaches or nausea from 3D) but want to see the movies with your mates.

Please note that this is primarily for movies projected in "RealD" rather than other competing technologies.

1. Secure 2 sets of RealD glasses. This shouldn't be too hard. I have several spare pairs and they cost $2 each pair
2. Break them open, carefully taking note of which filter comes from which eye.
3. Swap a left eye for a right eye filter.
4. Enjoy!

I'm not sure, but you may even be able to do this by simply "flipping" one of the filters in the eyepiece.

You should now get old fashioned 2D.

Please note that this will not "fix" horrible "2D to pseudo 3d" movies like the recent "Clash of the Titans". They'll most likely still look bad.

Bring on Tron: Legacy

Comments

[stinkygoat.livejournal.com]

wouldn't that just give you half the frame rate along with some horrible strobing?

As someone who does not perceive 3D I hope that all this stereoscopic nonsense dies out soon, because all it does is make stuff worse for me (and the 10% of the population who don't do stereoscopic stuff).

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

My understanding (And I could be wrong) is that BOTH frames are simultaneously transmitted. With both lenses showing the same thing you'd not get any strobing or framerate drop, just only half the potential picture. Since effectively for the stereoscopic effect, both eyes need to see a full picture with an offset, you'd be seeing the same as if you'd watched the picture in a 2D cinema.

Unfortunately I don't see it going away any time soon.Some movies have used it badly. Some have used it amazingly well.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

It would indeed give you half the frame rate - but that would only drop you to a 72Hz refresh rate, as RealD projects alternate left & right frames at 144Hz, three times for each side for 24Hz source material.