I just thought you might wanted to know.

Two Beamers on the ceilling will be a thing of the past, which will make the wifes more happy too.

For the photo hobby this is great.
3D Movies are fun, but the possibillity of watching your vacation photo’s in 3D is incredible.
You need some time to walk through a 3D photo and during a movie you hardly have the time for that.
Don’t get me wrong, I like 3D movies a lot.
Still I’m convinced that this will help getting people in the 3D photo hobby too.
It’s not pricey at all, cause for instance, You have a Fuji 3D-W1 Stereo camera for around $400.

I believe it will be all 3D within 2 years already.

YES: This will all be so easy in a few months.

Interesting stuff. Sounds great for the grandkids, but is a bit limiting for adults. True there’s a fair amount of old 3D content (much that is over the top, in terms of 3D), but most new movie content will be coming out in 3D using the new blu-ray standard, at least in a couple of years. They still have to get 3D players out there, and with 0 available titles at this time, only crazy or rich people and those that have to (reviewers like me), are buying one of the two or three $400 3D players.

The real question is will the PS3 be able to handle the content? Can it’s versatile processing actually support all the critical aspects of HDMI 1.4 needed for Blu-ray 3D? We shall see.

I did want to make one point though – You mention $2000 projectors. Actually, there are now any number of 3D 720p DLP projectors announced or shipping (probably at least a dozen announced). Most of those are really targeting the gamers market I would think, which as far as 3D goes, I’d say is far, far, more viable than movies. I believe you can buy some of those for $600 or so. (not sure, just a guess, but I have the pricing here somewhere) Note: nVidia’s more powerful graphics cards can render more than 400 game titles into 3D!

I don’t think we will see a lot of people wanting to watch everything in 3D. I tend to think most projector people will be like me. Some movies – I’ll absolutely want to watch in 3D. Avatar for sure. I’ve seen it in 2D as well, but, hey, the story wasn’t that great. So that brings us to the world view and 3D. In 2D it’s a nice movie with some really cool looking effects. In 3D is an impressive, captivating movie largely due to the tastefully handled 3D effects.

We’re going to try to solve that this week, but it’s a bummer. I didn’t need to spend $400+ on a 3D blu-ray player, when there’s actually 0 content in existence other than the sample 3D Blu-ray disc provided with the Panasonic, or Monsters vs. Aliens which you can own for something like $400 or $500 when you buy it bundled with shutter glasses for Samsung’s LCDTVs.

Of course it’s supposed to be close to plug and play. The Panasonic asks if you want to output 3D. The LG has a button to switch into 3D mode. I’m not sure we’re at the point yet where the two devices are sensing each other’s abiliities. But, then that may be because of a problem with the LG (or the Panasonic), since it’s an early prototype. -a

I’ve had some discussions with folks, more knowledgeable than I. It seems you do need a good set of eyes, to enjoy 3D. From what I’ve heard recently, there are a number of eye issues that will make 3D difficult or completely impractical for some. And the older we get… the more likely. If one eye is noticeably weaker than the other, that’s enough, apparently to ruin things. In fact any condition, I imagine, that causes a person to rely on one eye more than another. I’m not sure where astigmatisms (corrected, and/or uncorrected) have impact. My mom has macular degeneration. One eye “sees” dimmer than the other. That’s enough to kill 3D. Ultimately, there may be millions who will have trouble or be unable to watch 3D. As I learn more I will try to get a better handle on it. And it may not relate to passive glasses, or shutter glasses, it may just be that you need to well balanced set of eyeballs, even for some future methods that don’t require glasses. On that note I did look at one glassless system, and it worked pretty well. The problem was you had to be the exact right distance away for it to work well, move a foot closer or further back and the two images no longer merge correctly.

BTW, this is, if our projector “industry” can get its 3D act together, perhaps the biggest chance to take home theater projectors from being a niche market (less than 2% of LCDTV sales), to one that grows rapidly and drives 3D.

Afterall, 3D is also about immersion. And for all the limits associated with home projectors – re ambient light, brightness, etc, no one will argue about immersion. that’s why a good 46″ LCDTV belongs in a 3rd bedroom or kitchen. If you have a decent sized room – baby! It’s projector time. But, I’m preaching to the choir!

Hang in there! -art