3D and Films

3D

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/goggles-return-as-tv-and-film-go-3d-808466.html

3d use to mean having to wear stupid glasses while an unrealistic monster would jump out at you. But now with the introduction of NMT's like CGI and DLP a whol;e new range of films are being made as a wave of 3D is being created on lower budgets. While at the moment viewers will still have to wear a pair of glasses work is in prgress to take this completely out of the picture.

Autostereoscopy
Autostereoscopy is a method of displaying three-dimensional images that can be viewed without the use 3D glasses. These methods allow the viewer to recieve a depth perception of the image even though it is produced on a flat device.
Several technologies exist for autostereoscopic 3D displays. Currently most of such flat-panel solutions are using lenticular lenses or parallax barrier. If the viewer positions their head in certain viewing positions, they will perceive a different image with each eye, giving a stereo image.

Last week, one of Hollywood's biggest studios threw its weight behind the 3D revolution. Disney Pixar has announced that all its future films will be in 3D, with the first release, Up, set for July 2009. It follows in the footsteps of Shrek creator DreamWorks, which made a similar decision in 2007.
"I have seen the future of movies, and this is it," Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks' CEO, said at an industry event last summer. "I couldn't be any more confident or certain about it."
Live-action Hollywood also sees huge commercial potential in 3D. A bigbudget family version of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth is set for release in July.
The BBC is also taking in to 3D with the use of special camera's to film some sporting events
3D images were beamed to a cinema at its Riverside studio in London. The audience reported it was much more like being at the game than watching it on ordinary television.

3D cinema: A giant leap forward

Here is an article by Rebecca Armstrong outlining the use and her experience of 3D cinema.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/3d-cinema-a-giant-leap-forward-769183.html

Are 3D films popular
Im going to look at a recent 3D film release 'Beowulf'.
it was released on the 16/11/2007.
After being released it was made apparent the film was going to be a hit making $28.1 million in its first 3 days in America, the film was seemed to be loved by all with some very positive critic reviews.

An excellent showcase for the advantages of computer-generated animation.
Tom Charity
CNN.com

once you have acclimatised yourself to the animation style, it tells a cracking good story, and the screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary conjures a secret history of vulnerability and human weakness behind the legend.
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

this shows that with the introduction of CGI allowing 3D films to be made and made well, there seems to be an influx and desire to have them by all.