question about 3D movies...

[hyiu]

I recently saw a 3D animation... Ice Age: dawn of the dino....

we were given a 3D glasses... its a screening...
its not IMAX screen... just a normal theater...

if we dont wear glasses, the image looks a little fuzzy...
when we wear the glasses, it looks very 3D...

well... the IMAX 3D movies I have seen are more like they are popping out of the screen, like I can almost reach out and touch it...

this kind of 3D is like the screen is a window, and I can see depth on the screen (as if I'm looking thru a window...) or in a sense, layers of images....

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I'm not sure if I'm right, but what I'm suspecting is the lens on the 3D glasses are filtering out part of the screen.... (maybe different polarization ?? or color filter ??)
which causes the 3D image...

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Now, my question... is the projector in the theater a special projector for 3D ??
or just normal projection machines also used for other movies ??

with our tv flat screens getting bigger and bigger...
and I do have an ok home theater setup...
can I do the same thing at home ??

is there such movies out there for sale ?? (or netflix) ??
how are the effects when comparing to the theater ??

anyone has knowledge, or tried it out... links... discussions... pointers ??....
other 3D movies you would recommend ?? anything to watch out ??

will I get crossed eyes if I watch too many 3d movies ??... lol...

that would seems cool.....

[Ginsu Victim]

Special projector. Silver screen. Polarized lenses.

Instead of 24 frames per second, it runs at 72 fps (one frame normal shot, one frame left angle, one frame right angle)

You won't be able to do this at home quite yet.

[AtomSmasher]

You won't be able to do this at home quite yet.

At E3, I saw a game that used glasses to make the game 3D.  I remember walking up to the booth and trying to figure out why the screen was blurry, then I saw a stack of glasses and put on a pair.  It's still just a gimick for the game and didn't effect gameplay (it was a sidescrolling brawler) but it was still very cool to see it playing on regular HD tv's.  The technology is definately on the way, although I'm sure it's still a long way from being as 3D as the IMAX ones make them appear to be.

[SavannahLion]

Special projector. Silver screen. Polarized lenses.

Instead of 24 frames per second, it runs at 72 fps (one frame normal shot, one frame left angle, one frame right angle)

You won't be able to do this at home quite yet.

I thought they already had that, commercials for Monsters vs Aliens and SoBe during the Superbowl this year? Or is that a different technique altogether?

You won't be able to do this at home quite yet.

At E3, I saw a game that used glasses to make the game 3D.  I remember walking up to the booth and trying to figure out why the screen was blurry, then I saw a stack of glasses and put on a pair.  It's still just a gimick for the game and didn't effect gameplay (it was a sidescrolling brawler) but it was still very cool to see it playing on regular HD tv's.  The technology is definately on the way.

I think that's a different technique altogether. I don't remember what the system was called though. I have a old Geforce 3 outfitted with stereo glasses. IIRC with special drivers the video card would tweak the video output and coupled with the glasses, the glasses would shutter between the left/right lens giving a 3D effect. I never actually used the glasses since the damn drivers were a version or two behind the vanilla drivers from nVidia. I didn't want to be hampered with glasses while I was getting ---my bottom--- handed to me in Quake or Half-Life DM.

[RayB]

Most of the CG movies use "RealD" technology.

http://www.reald.com/

Also do a search for "RealD" on Youtube. There were a few vids where the president of that company explains the technology.

Like mentioned above, super bright reflective screen, high-frame-rate projector, and a synced polarizer in front of the projector lens.

You can't duplicate that at home, as there is way to add the "lines" that the polarized glasses filter out.

[SavannahLion]

It's really nice to know that they're finally starting to appreciate something like 60 some-odd years of eye/brain research. Somehow I feel vindicated. 

You can't duplicate that at home, as there is way to add the "lines" that the polarized glasses filter out.

Huh? 

In any case, any idea what technique was used for the MvA and SoBe Superbowl commercials?

[SavannahLion]

NVM, I found it. The TV commercials use Intel's InTru3D. I guess it's a more sophisticated version of the ol' Stereo color filtered stuff. 

[kagaden]

Samsung has 3d technology on their sets. From what I've seen so far, it works similar to shutter technology and requires a PC still and appears to use electronic shutter technology (synced shutters that flash on/off with the images on screen).

I saw the same 3d demo that Ginsu did at E3, it looked like some Kung Fu rip off game. Those glasses were not electronically shuttered. The sales rep mentioned to me that you could use the 3d technology on different consoles & with a 3d ready television like the samsungs. I'm not quite sure how it'll work yet, but I'm excited at the future possibilities

Link.

[AtomSmasher]

I think that's a different technique altogether. I don't remember what the system was called though. I have a old Geforce 3 outfitted with stereo glasses. IIRC with special drivers the video card would tweak the video output and coupled with the glasses, the glasses would shutter between the left/right lens giving a 3D effect. I never actually used the glasses since the damn drivers were a version or two behind the vanilla drivers from nVidia. I didn't want to be hampered with glasses while I was getting ---my bottom--- handed to me in Quake or Half-Life DM.

Actually thats not the technology I'm talking about, although I've heard the newer versions of the shutter glasses are very cool.  What I saw at E3 appeared to be done using the standard polarized glasses you would get at a 3D movie.

[AtomSmasher]

I saw the same 3d demo that Ginsu did at E3, it looked like some Kung Fu rip off game. Those glasses were not electronically shuttered. The sales rep mentioned to me that you could use the 3d technology on different consoles & with a 3d ready television like the samsungs. I'm not quite sure how it'll work yet, but I'm excited at the future possibilities

Link.

Ah, yup.  Thats the one I saw.

[Ginsu Victim]

I saw the same 3d demo that Ginsu did at E3

Got the wrong guy.