Best 3D I've seen is when watching a 3D movie in a virtual theater using a VR headset. When it inevitably makes a comeback, this will be how.

Time Warner Cable had designated two channel numbers for future 3d telecasting, for years, which never developed.

I remember my friend had one of these 3D tvs but his 4 yo sister destroyed it.

Don't complain to me about my screen watching… get good and screen watch yourself.

I remember experiencing a SimulView demo on a gaming expo way back. I thought it was really cool, and was basically the only reason I looked forward to 3D becoming more mainstream. Especially since I can't actually see 3D in the first place (I'm visually impaired). Oh well.

Yeah it was garbage. 💀

I have 32 inch FHD 3D TV from Samsung and i think it's passive one like the LG tv showcased in this video. Once a while I enjoy watching movies by converting 2D mode to 3D.

I knew 100% it would fail because it needs glasses. 3DTV is the future but it needs to work without glasses. It hasn't been invented yet but I doubt it will happen in my lifetime.

i still have my 3d tv and blu ray player i love it, also why were the lights on when u were testing the tellies?

One POO, but it was 3D? Technology from 1832 + new Polaroid glasses = GREAT stuff.

When it comes to 3D TVs, I always thought the only viable solution – otherwise a 3D projector was superior – were those glass-less TVs that used the same auto-stereoscopic effect as the 3DS. What happened to those? I actually had 3D-capable DLP projectors at the time and it was really good! No headaches or anything and it was easy to set up. The glasses only cost like 10-20 Euros, and even the projectors were at lower end (400-500 Euros) but supported 1080p. I used it mostly for PC gaming (even if not that often) but watching Gravity projected in 3D onto the entire wall was pretty immersive and actually put the whole experience on another level.
Maybe one day I'll set up a home cinema again with a 4K 3D projector, that would be rad.

imo best home experience is to watch 3d movies in a VR Headset via BigScreen VR

My eyes could never adapt to 3D. So glad that I didnt buy into the hype!

I watched avatar 2 3d and I want a 3D TV now

I actually had a Freeview box , that upscaled to 3d , and as pretty good , also had blu ray 3d system which also upscaled, really good. Mine had the passive glasses.

Coraline was the best movie in 3D!

What stops people from putting a polaroid filter with the same mesh density as the pixel density in front of our screens? Then, any monitor with that pixel density becomes 3D!

Whether it's 3D or VR, the tech industry doesn't understand that most people don't want to wear things on their faces in order to have a good experience. That will always be niche.

As someone who used to do 3D mapping, we wore a set of active 3D goggles 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Having that experience, I can point out a few other issues with the set up for repeated long time wear. The biggest one…. build quality of the 3D goggles/glasses, especially for active systems.

1: The nose piece. It always seemed whomever made and designed the plastic of the nose piece, had never worn glasses in their life. Tapered and nice soft and just the right kind of material is what you see on prescription glasses. This material and these edges make contact with your sensitive bridge of the nose every waking moment. They need to be comfortable. Whoever designed the 3D goggles, and the subsequent glasses models, used a hard plastic, with sharp edges…. This alone could bring on a headache, want to see how it feels, press your fingernail into the bridge of your nose for 25 min, see how you feel. I wanted to have some very strong words with that materials expert for the sets we had.

2: Weight. Our goggles used large medical batteries, think 0.75in in diameter, 1/8 in thick. Added into the frame of the goggles, the emitter receiver… we're up to almost 1 lb… That is heavy for hanging on your face, ineffective ear pieces wrapped around your head…. also made out of the cheepest plastic. They barely stay on. Got a slippery nose? good luck. Long hair getting into the ear pieces…. add on that weight…. never enjoyable past 30 min. You start to feel the weight on your nose and ears, your whole head feels extra heavy… then you realize a gap in the plastic is tugging on your hair, now you need to get your hair untangled while the entire thing falls off your face with the weight of a box of crackers. Try taping a box of crackers to your face, then use some extra tape and Popsicle sticks to hold it on…. that's what it feels like. Why didn't they just hire the people who make real glasses dammit!

3: Over glasses retrofits: I wear glasses…. so take every issue from number 1-2, and then multiply it. Just watching this video, I could only imagine the discomfort our glasses wearing host was experiencing. There was a reason we got a 15 min break every hour at that office… so we could avoid wearing a brick over glasses.

Even the passive systems never fit over glasses…. and there are so many points of failure that a paralax can encounter. One biggie is how the glasses and individual lenses sit in front of your eye or added glasses lenses. Like a fighter pilot can have multiple axis, yaw roll pitch…. there are multiple axis for those lenses over your eye and/or glasses. If your own prescription pair is out of wack, it hurts… but factor in the build quality of the 3D set, and have one lens 1mm too close and the other 1mm too far… or up and down, or front to back… tilted as well… No fun… I spent an entire 3D movie once just testing out 20 different pairs of passive 3D glasses to see how they fit.. and only 1 set really even came close to tolerable.

4: Low power When that battery or internal power supply goes on an active set…. it hurts, your eyes start to feel overwhelmed… you don't notice it right away either, it sneaks up on you. And you better hope you have a good supply of batteries if they are battery powered.

5: Power switch. Some genius, decided to put the power switch in the temple piece. Idea was.. you can't leave them on.. so let's have a power switch. But I bet people will forget… so let's make it part of an automatic.. or semi-automatic process. People will take off the goggles, then fold up the ear pieces…. great, they turn off with a little switch that is physically moved with the temple piece. But.. let's make it out of cheap plastic, and since it's technically a moving part activated by a moving part… it'll hold up for…. oh about 55 days…. and slowly get more and more loose and twisted. Suddenly, your glasses won't be active… then they are… then not… as that damn switch now is a wobbling mess. Replacement = a full new set of goggles….. great…. 50ish days.

It's to the point now… if you want me to look into a paralax on an active or passive 3D… you better be paying me an hourly wage and full vision and health coverage.

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If anything, video games absolutely need to be in 3D. Especially helps things like platformers.

Flight of the Conchords reference, unlocked

Linus forgot to mention one of the major killers of 3D was the proprietary format wars with TVs. Companies had different formats for how they did 3d movies in the beginning, they then either bought or already owned the rights to specific movies which they released as exclusives only in their specific format. This meant that not everyone could watch their favorite movies on their device.

VR and AR is the way to go now!