What do 3D movies look like...

regi

... if you only use one eye?

I appreciate that you can't see the 3D elements of it without the use of both eyes, but if you only see with one eye, can you actually appreciate the movie? Does it look like a normal 2D movie if viewed with just one eye?

Thanks!

mathie

Is it the 1st of April?

regi

Serious question... I'm wondering whether I should bother going along with someone to one.

Duggy747

Em, to enjoy a 3D film you need 2 eyes. As your 2 eyes are few inches apart they see the same image from slighty different angles. With 3D glasses your seeing the images through a different filter on each eye (One sees Red, the other sees Blue), your brain then does some mumbo-jumbo and rearranges the picture for you.

Em, it's simple really.

In short, you need the 2 eyes to properly enjoy a 3D film. I've yet to see a 3D film and I want to see one before I get my eyeballs screwed by Avatar.

Outkast_IRE

Duggy747 wrote: »

Em, to enjoy a 3D film you need 2 eyes. As your 2 eyes are few inches apart they see the same image from slighty different angles. With 3D glasses your seeing the images through a different filter on each eye (One sees Red, the other sees Blue), your brain then does some mumbo-jumbo and rearranges the picture for you.

Em, it's simple really.

In short, you need the 2 eyes to properly enjoy a 3D film. I've yet to see a 3D film and I want to see one before I get my eyeballs screwed by Avatar.

Go to "up" in 3d while you still can iv seen it and it doesnt use the 3d to throw stuff at ya and frighten ya it uses it to give the movie a real depth to the images it really is brilliant and its a great movie.

BlitzKrieg

Duggy747 wrote: »

Em, to enjoy a 3D film you need 2 eyes. As your 2 eyes are few inches apart they see the same image from slighty different angles. With 3D glasses your seeing the images through a different filter on each eye (One sees Red, the other sees Blue), your brain then does some mumbo-jumbo and rearranges the picture for you.

Thats not the technology being used in current 3D films.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_D_3D

RealD Cinema is a digital stereoscopic projection technology. It is the world's most widely used technology for watching 3D movies in theatres[1]. It does not require two projectors, unlike older film-based stereoscopic 3D projection technology. A high-resolution, digital cinema grade, video projector is used. The projectors use Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing device or Sony's reflective liquid crystal display.

It still a stereoscopic system, but its not the red/blue filter system of the bygone era, which is this one: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_image).


I was actually at UP last night and I do remember at one point needing to close one eye as I gave it quick rub, didnt notice any difference. But a good chunk of UP is not in 3D anyway so I might have been fortunate enough to need to close the eye during one of the many 2D shots.

Guy:Incognito

I went to see Up for my sons birthday last week. It was my first of the new generation of 3d movies and have to say I thought it was great.

Was never a big fan of the old 3d from years ago, just never seemed great.

Incidentally , something I've never thought about till looking at the wiki links above, which way round should the red/cyan be on the old paper glasses? I got Coraline the other day and the glasses are red for the right eye and cyan for left but if I look at one of the Nasa mars lander pics I need to swap it round to see it in 3d. I googled 3d glasses and it shows images of them both ways round but with more leaning towards red for the left.

regi

I think I'm having a problem explaining myself here

• I only see with one eye
• I absolutely understand that I cannot get the 3d experience

I'm wondering what it actually looks like when viewed with one eye. Will it be like, or similar to watching a normal movie? Or is it distorted and unviewable unless you have two proper working eyes?

Duggy747

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

Thats not the technology being used in current 3D films.

*Slaps forehead!*

My apologies, I always think of the older technology despite the fact I was fascinated with the new technology a few months back with all Total Film and Empire features. Durr! :P

I've been following Avatar for years and I just want to bowled over by the visuals and the technology being used (Well, as long as the story isn't too hokey either)

Podge_irl

regi wrote: »

I think I'm having a problem explaining myself here

• I only see with one eye
• I absolutely understand that I cannot get the 3d experience

I'm wondering what it actually looks like when viewed with one eye. Will it be like, or similar to watching a normal movie? Or is it distorted and unviewable unless you have two proper working eyes?

It should look like a normal 2D movie as long as you still wear the glasses I think. There are essentially two images up on the screen and you need to filter one of them out.

vinylbomb

regi wrote: »

I'm wondering what it actually looks like when viewed with one eye. Will it be like, or similar to watching a normal movie? Or is it distorted and unviewable unless you have two proper working eyes?

It is watchable, however there is a very slight duplication of the images in some scenes (a red and blue version of the image are displayed very close together to produce the 3d image.)
Its not noticable most of the time, but occasionally it is.

BlitzKrieg

personnally 3D has done nothing but p*ss me off so far, but I am holding up daming the whole process until Avatar, after which I will rip it to pieces or give it a meh approval.

FruitLover

regi wrote: »

Does it look like a normal 2D movie if viewed with just one eye?

Yes. You'll still need to wear the glasses though, otherwise you'll see both sides overlayed on top of each other which looks odd.

funkyjebus

vinylbomb wrote: »

It is watchable, however there is a very slight duplication of the images in some scenes (a red and blue version of the image are displayed very close together to produce the 3d image.)
Its not noticable most of the time, but occasionally it is.

Jesus, did you not read this post at all, or have you not been to a Digital 3D show yet. They don't use this system anymore.

Anyway OP, there is difference in colour, but you might find the picture a little blurry from what I remember. I know the other person probably wants to see 3D but you can go to 2D showings of this movie.

Its great by the way, really enjoyed it. Not Pixars best though.

Voodu Child

regi wrote: »

I'm wondering what it actually looks like when viewed with one eye. Will it be like, or similar to watching a normal movie? Or is it distorted and unviewable unless you have two proper working eyes?

It should be watchable, but it won't be as smooth as a regular film. You're seeing one frame (we'll say for 1/48 sec), then your glasses will go opaque for 1/48 sec while the other frame is shown. It appears pretty smooth when viewed with two eyes but it might be a bit stroby when just viewing the left or right frame on its own.

Compared to a normal film, you'll see the frame on screen for less time, and there will be a longer gap between frames. Persistence of vision should fill in the gaps but I couldnt say how smooth it would be compared to a regular film.

Podge_irl

Voodu Child wrote: »

It should be watchable, but it won't be as smooth as a regular film. You're seeing one frame (we'll say for 1/48 sec), then your glasses will go opaque for 1/48 sec while the other frame is shown. It appears pretty smooth when viewed with two eyes but it might be a bit stroby when just viewing the left or right frame on its own.

Compared to a normal film, you'll see the frame on screen for less time, and there will be a longer gap between frames. Persistence of vision should fill in the gaps but I couldnt say how smooth it would be compared to a regular film.

I'd be amazed if you could notice the effect.

regi

Cool, thanks everyone

FruitLover

Voodu Child wrote: »

It should be watchable, but it won't be as smooth as a regular film. You're seeing one frame (we'll say for 1/48 sec)

It's 1/72 of a second. There's no possibility that a human could notice any flicker at this rate.

grimm2005

I've been to several 3d films, tried closing one eye a couple of times just to see what happened. It's just like watching a 2D film except slightly darker because of the glasses