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

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

If the technology is based on polarisation (and I don't know whether it is because I haven't bothered looking but a quick google suggests so) then rotating one of them 90 degrees should do much the same thing.

[gunslingerelite.livejournal.com]

Buddy of mine is mostly blind in one eye, hence his issue with 3D. He's still fucked.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

You will indeed need two pairs of glasses; the light that comes out the back is merely plane polarised.

Of course, this does mean that you can vandalise a pair of RealD 3D glasses into a plane polarising pair by flipping both the filters and rotating one of them 90 degrees :)

[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).