2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D

23skidoo · July 18 2011, 09:06 PM

At first I thought this was a joke, but it appears to be legit, and I might invest in a pair myself, seeing as Hollywood seems hell-bent on force-feeding 3-D upon us.

A company has come up with 2-D glasses. It sounds like a simple concept - the lenses filter out one of the two images projected to create 3-D, leaving a standard 2-D image. Don't know if anything happens with the color (just as 3-D makes colors dull, would eliminating one of the image streams cause, say, red or green to flood the image?), or if it works with all forms of 3-D projection (including 3-D TVs) - I haven't read the website in detail so maybe they cover this - but for those of us who can't comfortably enjoy 3-D or simply don't like it, but who can't just "turn off the color"* (like those who oppose colorization of black and white films for TV and DVD are encouraged to do), it's an option.

Mind you, it's STILL a pair of glasses that have to be worn over your own glasses if you're four-eyed like me. But it's a start...and according to the website they've got a growing list of endorsers, including Time Magazine.

http://www.2d-glasses.com/

Score one for the Luddites.

Alex

* I've gotten mixed messages as to whether one can actually turn off the 3-D on a 3-D set and watch a film in regular 2-D if it's been mastered as 3-D, so I'm keeping 3DTV in this generalization too.

RoJoHen · July 18 2011, 09:08 PM

Or I could just go to a 2-D showing of the movie and save quite a bit of money.

23skidoo · July 18 2011, 09:20 PM

RoJoHen wrote:

Or I could just go to a 2-D showing of the movie and save quite a bit of money.

Which is the way to go, except that option won't exist before long if Hollywood studios have their way. (At least in terms of the types of movies covered in this SF/F forum, anyway. And even then - Great Gatsby 3D anyone?)

Here's an example of a reviewer being unable to review the latest Harry Potter film in a timely manner because only the 3-D version was being shown in her town. (Not everyone lives in cities with hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of screens.)

http://tigerbeatdown.com/2011/07/14/...-none-for-you/

Alex

MacLeod · July 18 2011, 09:23 PM

Wait until 4D starts to come in.

RoJoHen · July 18 2011, 09:24 PM

23skidoo wrote:

(Not everyone lives in cities with hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of screens.)

I never intend to live in such a place.

Steve Mollmann · July 18 2011, 10:35 PM

I have never seen a film in 3-D. They don't seem hard to avoid. And I have only two movie theatres to pick from.

FordSVT · July 18 2011, 10:47 PM

Steve Mollmann wrote:

I have never seen a film in 3-D. They don't seem hard to avoid. And I have only two movie theatres to pick from.

Is it because none of the 3D movies that have come out interest you, or is it because there has always been a 2D option available to you at the same time?

Joy · July 18 2011, 10:50 PM

What I'm waiting for is 3D glasses that wrap around one's prescription glasses. I have a pair of sunglasses that do this and they're great.

Steve Mollmann · July 18 2011, 10:56 PM

FordSVT wrote:

Steve Mollmann wrote:

I have never seen a film in 3-D. They don't seem hard to avoid. And I have only two movie theatres to pick from.

Is it because none of the 3D movies that have come out interest you, or is it because there has always been a 2D option available to you at the same time?

Um, both I think? The last couple films I saw were HP7.2 and Thor and X-Men: First Class, and I think the first two were both available in 3-D, right?

Rarewolf · July 18 2011, 11:08 PM

Joy wrote:

What I'm waiting for is 3D glasses that wrap around one's prescription glasses. I have a pair of sunglasses that do this and they're great.

Best thing I've ever bought were swimming googles with my prescription in. Never wore contacts so always swam blind until I got them. Complete revelation being able see where I am swimming!

Surprisingly considering my eyesight is shot to peices - I see double a fair bit of the time - 3D works remarkably well for me.

There's very few films I'd see at the cinema that aren't 3D or IMAX now.

RoJoHen · July 19 2011, 12:48 AM

I have two theaters near me and have never had a problem finding a 2D version of any movies I've wanted to see. Even Avatar had lots of 2D shows available.

Professor Zoom · July 19 2011, 01:36 AM

Never had a problem finding 2D... but, then, I live in LA.

FordSVT · July 19 2011, 02:16 PM

Steve Mollmann wrote:

FordSVT wrote:

Steve Mollmann wrote:

I have never seen a film in 3-D. They don't seem hard to avoid. And I have only two movie theatres to pick from.

Is it because none of the 3D movies that have come out interest you, or is it because there has always been a 2D option available to you at the same time?

Um, both I think? The last couple films I saw were HP7.2 and Thor and X-Men: First Class, and I think the first two were both available in 3-D, right?

Where I live (in a city of 125,000 with 16 movie screens in 2 theatres) Thor was not available in 2D. Potter certainly is, but they're showing that on four screens twelve times a day this week. I'm just saying, sometimes you don't have the choice to watch it in 2D, not unless you want to wait for the DVD/BR.

Python Trek · July 19 2011, 02:23 PM

Rarewolf wrote:

Joy wrote:

What I'm waiting for is 3D glasses that wrap around one's prescription glasses. I have a pair of sunglasses that do this and they're great.

Best thing I've ever bought were swimming googles with my prescription in. Never wore contacts so always swam blind until I got them. Complete revelation being able see where I am swimming!

Surprisingly considering my eyesight is shot to peices - I see double a fair bit of the time - 3D works remarkably well for me.

There's very few films I'd see at the cinema that aren't 3D or IMAX now.

You are lucky! I wear powerful prescription glasses, and when I've watched 3-D movies, I've always gotten violently ill. The vertigo is awful!

Tiberius · July 19 2011, 04:35 PM

MacLeod wrote:

Wait until 4D starts to come in.

What's that? Is it where the 3D images change over time?

July 18 2011, 09:06 PM	#1
23skidoo Admiral Location: Fifth Circle of Hell	2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D At first I thought this was a joke, but it appears to be legit, and I might invest in a pair myself, seeing as Hollywood seems hell-bent on force-feeding 3-D upon us. A company has come up with 2-D glasses. It sounds like a simple concept - the lenses filter out one of the two images projected to create 3-D, leaving a standard 2-D image. Don't know if anything happens with the color (just as 3-D makes colors dull, would eliminating one of the image streams cause, say, red or green to flood the image?), or if it works with all forms of 3-D projection (including 3-D TVs) - I haven't read the website in detail so maybe they cover this - but for those of us who can't comfortably enjoy 3-D or simply don't like it, but who can't just "turn off the color"* (like those who oppose colorization of black and white films for TV and DVD are encouraged to do), it's an option. Mind you, it's STILL a pair of glasses that have to be worn over your own glasses if you're four-eyed like me. But it's a start...and according to the website they've got a growing list of endorsers, including Time Magazine. http://www.2d-glasses.com/ Score one for the Luddites. Alex * I've gotten mixed messages as to whether one can actually turn off the 3-D on a 3-D set and watch a film in regular 2-D if it's been mastered as 3-D, so I'm keeping 3DTV in this generalization too. __________________ "These are historical documents - preserving them is important. Tarting them up for a night out in the twenty-first century is unnecessary" - Toby Hadoke, "Should mistakes in old episodes of Doctor Who be fixed on DVD" (Doctor Who Magazine #445)

July 18 2011, 09:08 PM	#2
RoJoHen Awesome Location: Wherever life takes me	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D Or I could just go to a 2-D showing of the movie and save quite a bit of money. __________________ I am the Quintessential Admiral. Get ready to grow your EQUINOX BEARD!

July 18 2011, 09:23 PM	#4
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D Wait until 4D starts to come in. __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.

July 18 2011, 10:35 PM	#6
Steve Mollmann Rear Admiral Location: 2010	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D I have never seen a film in 3-D. They don't seem hard to avoid. And I have only two movie theatres to pick from. __________________ "All of time and space. Everywhere and anywhere, every star that ever was. Where do you want to start?" Exploring the Universe

July 18 2011, 10:50 PM	#8
Joy Commodore Location: Springfield, MO, USA	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D What I'm waiting for is 3D glasses that wrap around one's prescription glasses. I have a pair of sunglasses that do this and they're great.

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July 19 2011, 12:48 AM	#11
RoJoHen Awesome Location: Wherever life takes me	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D I have two theaters near me and have never had a problem finding a 2D version of any movies I've wanted to see. Even Avatar had lots of 2D shows available. __________________ I am the Quintessential Admiral. Get ready to grow your EQUINOX BEARD!

July 19 2011, 01:36 AM	#12
Professor Zoom Vice Admiral Location: Idealistic	Re: 2-D glasses for people who hate 3-D Never had a problem finding 2D... but, then, I live in LA. __________________ Batman does not eat nachos.