Get out of my EYESSSSSSSSSS!!!

This Year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it’s all been about showing off the best in new 3-d hardware and software. 2009 was the big year for 3-d Cinema, with films like Final Destination and Avatar Taking full advantage of the power 3-D has to offer. Is 3-D the next big thing or is this just another teenage crush we all have on a fantastic new way of watching films?
Well, 3D’s been around for a while, but until recently it’s been kept in that dark cupboard under the stairs with other failed ideas like ‘smelly-vision’. That’s because it used to be dodgy old horror movies with a few monster awkwardly lumbering around somewhere just off the screen, or the odd dinosaur claw making a delayed, and frankly pathetic, swipe at the front row.
Not anymore! Since some of the big names in the business (like James Cameron) got involved, it’s a completely new beast; films like ‘Avatar’ and ‘Monster and Aliens’ redefined what we call 3D and banished those failed B movies to a well-forgotten memory.

Thanks to a combination of new cameras and the rapid advancements in green/blue screen technology, 3-D films really have become 3 dimensional.
Instead of a few random objects poking out the screen you become part of the action, you feel far more involved with the film. There is a realistic and truly believable depth of field affect in use. Now I’m a traditionalist, there’s something to be said for good old 2-D entertainment, and it’s stood the test of time.
With all the advancements to 2D viewing, with HD TV and Blu-Ray, is there really room for 3-D to muscle its way into our homes? I don’t think so, not yet anyway. I have no doubt that this 3-D revolution in the cinema will continue, I just can’t see myself sitting down with my mates or my family and all of us wearing clumsy glasses every time we ‘fire up the box’. Give it a few more years!
For now 2-D still reigns supreme!!
Now, what about the affect 3-D will have on the gaming world? Game’s including; Batman, Metro 2033, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Biohazard 5, Just Cause 2, and Resident Evil 5 have been released on PC with full NVidia 3-D support. A pair of glasses and a 3-D ready monitor will set you back about £500 pounds. But does 3-D bring a new dimension to game play. I can’t truly say for myself yet because I haven’t tried it. But from what I’ve heard it works really well. It’s one of those things that we have to leave to time until we can make a fair judgement.
Oh year food for thought. What about people who can only see out of one eye. The won’t be able to enjoy 3-d like the rest of us