“This is the horrible reality of current-generation [stereoscopic] 3D. People cheer when you turn it off.” Read the article by Mike Elgan at DigitalArts.com.
Why stereoscopic 3D will fail in 2010
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HAHA! Op-Ed Fail 🙂 This is a fun read after Avatar becomes the first movie to reach a billion dollars box in just 17 days — and to read that people are seeing it multiple times 🙂 The story is lame, the characters are one dimensional, and the (3d stereoscopic) technology is incredible — what could the appeal of this movie be? hahaha…
You know, that’s all down to personal taste. And I think you will find that not that many people share your opinion 🙂 Everyone I know has seen the film because they found the story fantastic, much like the way the Lord Of The Rings films did a couple of years ago. After all, this is a classic cowboys and indians story, but elegantly adapted and reinvented into a sci-fi setting. It would be naive to expect something totally radical and groundbreaking at that budget – after all, they have to make that money back somehow. And myself, I would gladly see it again, 3D or not. Most likely not in 3D.
The article doesn’t say that stereoscopic 3D won’t succeed as a novelty at first, but that ppl will get tired of it quickly, at least in its current state. Maybe it will fail in 2010, maybe in 2011. 🙂 Here’s a few more recent links on the subject:
Do Consumers Really Want 3-D TVs?
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/do-consumers-really-want-3d-tvs/
Games industry unenthusiastic about 3D
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=13424
HoloAD, a new 3D display without the glasses – the loops played remind of Edison’s early film loops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvoo33pNJJk