In 3D!
August 18, 2010
As the progression of technology marches on there is one particular fad in technology I just can't wait to pass, 3D imaging. In the past year or so we've been bombarded with a wave of 3D movies, and when James Cameron's wacky giant blue kitty movie became the highest grossing movie of all time Hollywood producers, who are known to be the smartest peoples in the world instantly came to the conclusion that all movies would become more profitable if done in 3D, and well that just not the case. Shit is shit no matter how many dimensions it has.
So anywho, what really the problem with 3D, besideds having to wear those stupid glasses? Well I'll tell you, for some people it just doesn't work, myself including, and now for a science lesson, oh boy!
You see the kind of 3D that utilizes the glasses works by use of filters. Two images are projected slightly off center, one being tinted redish, the other being blueish green. Now the tinting isn't as intense as the 3D back in the 80's was, but the process still works the same. The glasses you wear are filters, the left eye lens filters out all the red and the right filter out the blue green, or visa versa. Your fantastical brain then combines the separate red and blue green images into one image, creating the illusion of 3D. The problem is not everyone's brain is as fantastical as everyone else's. Some people lack the ability to have the two images blend together properly to get the desired effect. If you're one of those people that just can't those Magic Eye posters to work than congratulations, you probably can't see 3D movies properly either.
In my case 3D doesn't work because the visual accuity of my eyes are so drastically different that they work independently from each other. I either look throught the left eye, or the right eye, never both eyes at the same time. In other words I'll never see that god damn sail boat.