New 2D Glasses Remove That Pesky Extra Dimension From Movies

[Orange Monkey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJHbw5iRds&NR=1 Guys this video is Hank Explaining the thought process behind the 2D Glasses

 

[McMullen]

Instead of ?recycling? the 3D glasses that my wife and I used during the movie, I took them home. After a lot of poking and twisting and gluing and cutting and cursing and sawing, I had created my first pair of 2D Glasses."

Hang on. So I can make these myself by poking out the right lens of the 3D Glasses and replacing it with the left lens of another pair?

Thanks Hank, I think I will try this at home.

Don't even have to do that. Just rotate one of the lenses 90 degrees. They are polarizers and they filter light by the direction of its vibration. Rotating one lens 90 degrees will make it filter for the same vibration direction that the other does.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

hahaa this is awesome
I thought it was a headline from The Onion

I was going to say, you could always just go see the non-3D version, but I guess some people have friends who insist on it.

That was pretty much my reaction, because Think Geek had the exact same product as one of their April Fool's day joke items this year - it's rather amusing to see somebody selling a product I first read about as a joke for reals (a joke that sounded completely plausible of course, since there was no reason you couldn't make a pair of polarized glasses with identical lenses so the viewer would just see the image intended for one of the eyes, but a joke nonetheless).

 

[SlugLady28]

Huh. This sound cool. And I know a lot of people who would like this. Too bad you'd still have to pay the extra bucks for 3-d at the movies

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Ah, this is good news for those people who are incapable of seeing 3D effects or just get headaches from it.

This also has great potential for practical jokes.

*devilish grin*

 

[The Naked Emperor]

hahaa this is awesome
I thought it was a headline from The Onion

I was going to say, you could always just go see the non-3D version, but I guess some people have friends who insist on it.

Easier said than done, I'm afraid. When my local theater has something in 3D it's only in 3D. It's why I've basically stopped going to the movies-I refuse to fund the gimmick.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I kind of want to buy them just on principle. I hate 3-D.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

I've already resigned myself to the fact that i might not see thor at cinema as it's one of those "also in 2D" movies which means that i'd have a 6+ hour round trip to see it in the nearest cinema that may be the only place showing it in 2D i missed out on green hornet for the same reason (though from what i hear i didn't lose out not seeing it)

 

[Mr.Petey]

I can bring an exception to that rule. The Green Hornet here (Shropshire, England) was only showing itself in 3D. I wouldn't have minded to have a pair of these glasses as I'm sick of the gimmick-esque 3D movie scene.
If I had a choice to see it 2D then no problem but some cinemas are so darned cheap, they'll only show it in 3D. On the whole, the three dimension experience is ok but nothing jaw-dropping really. I find the HD hype a bit more respectable and even then it only makes the picture slightly sharper

Here's a thought: don't watch it. Don't give them your money for it. Easy fix.

*chuckles* Believe me I'm not bitter enough to boycott the movie, as I don't believe any denying of money to see it would have helped in 3D's downfall. It all depends on the movie and if seeing it in 3D enhances it at all. So far I don't see much point to it but when it's the only available format you have for a film you're going to see regardless then what can you do?

The movie was worth watching and I'll remember it more for the funny plot and decent action than any "Whoa did you see that jump-off-the-screen-moment??" which I didn't really feel.
I watched it and enjoyed it, but it would have been nice to have the 2D option hence my personal approval for the glasses

 

[Kingsnake661]

3d is a bit of a wird subject for me... I'm begining to wonder if i just don't see it the same way other people do... some people can't see 3d stuff properly like other can right? I've heard of something to that effect.

That or I'm just not that impressed with the effect where as other may be. I'm not sure which it is, but 3d movies do NOTHING for me. I won't go so far as to say it give me a migraine, thankfully i've never had one of them, and at worst the 3D gives me a slight headach and eye strain.

I've even seen my brothers 3DS that uses a kind of glasses free 3D, and, again, not really impressed with the effect. I think i KIND of see the 3 D stuff, sort of.. to me it just makes the whole image slightly blurry and screws up the back drop. My brother is with me in my essessment that the worst thing about the 3DS is the 3D, which i find VERY ironic.

I really hope this 3D fade dies out soon... I mean, i relise it's about the only new gimik left to try and milk money out of the consumer base now that HDTV and highend videogame graphics are starting to reach there limits. With large HD tv's at a fairly reasonable price point, the only way compines can move new modles in our throw a way econimay... blast it all...

 

[winter2]

3D is so mainstream..

* puts on 2D glasses *

YEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!

 

[Rad Party God]

Why not watch it in 2D instead?, you won't have anymore headaches, you don't get to wear stupid glasses and you can even save a couple of bucks to watch another 2D movie some other day. Win-Win situation.

 

[Kingsnake661]

hahaa this is awesome
I thought it was a headline from The Onion

I was going to say, you could always just go see the non-3D version, but I guess some people have friends who insist on it.

Easier said than done, I'm afraid. When my local theater has something in 3D it's only in 3D. It's why I've basically stopped going to the movies-I refuse to fund the gimmick.

I accually inadverently ruined a family outting to see, oh what was it, Tangled i think, my sister wanted to see it... anyways the only showing left that day was a 3D one and i kind of went off on a mini tangent about 3D.. kind of like i just did above... I was willing to see it anyways, but, well, i kind of put a spoil in the occassion. I took them back the next day and cought it in 2D... the theater in my area doesn't, or at least HASN'T done a 3D only showing of any movie that i know of. If they start pulling THAT crap... It'd prolly set me off on a whole new tangent... LOL. My family would stop inviting me to the movies with them...LOL

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Seems...roundabout. You could just find 3D to be annoying, and pay the five dollars less for it. Most theaters will show it in standard, mono-planed glory in the next room over, and for longer than they will show the 3D version.

 

[The Long Road]

I was absolutely convinced that this was a gag until I started reading, when I realized it's actually a half-decent idea. You're kinda paying for something you're not getting when you wear these into a 3D movie, but if that's the only way it's playing and you hate 3D, this would seem the way to go.

 

[Notsomuch]

I'm one of the people who don't get headaches from 3d and enjoy it when it's done in a way that isn't obnoxious. The thing I don't like, because I have subscription glasses, is wearing those stupid 3d glasses. Bork.

 

[Flauros]

Funny, i just released a product that gets rid of surround sound for you. This will be GREAT!

 

[Agent Larkin]

Now if someone could just get around to making these so I don't have to take off my glasses to wear them.

 

[Grond Strong]

3D movies already have me paying out the wazoo for an "experience like no other." If by experience they mean my horribly guilty feeling that I just spent a 3rd world country's GDP on a film that has a bit more depth then yes, I would say they provide a marvelous experience. But paying 8 dollars more for a pair of goggles that would take that away? Sorry folks, YOU GUYS can go watch a 3D movie. I'm going to take my cash and go to Disney World instead.

 

[Schreck157]

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