I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR
I missed out on 3D movies, but they're back in VR
The golden era of 3D home movie releases might be over, but community workarounds have brought them back in VR.
“The golden era of 3D home movie releases”
The era was never golden. Most people did it a handful of times, got a headache, and never did it again.
I did it fairly often throughout. Left the 3D slider of my 3DS cranked up permanently, too, if you must know.
Either way I do own a bunch of 3D Blurays until they started making you choose between 3D and 4K and eventually stopped making them altogether.
Theres a bit of a difference between slider on the 3ds and the fad that was 3d tvs that came with their own glasses. We used it like a handful of times when we first got the TV, but I think no one I lived with actually liked the effect, it just made them nauseous or annoyed by the glasses. My parents were mad at first when i got rid of their 3d tv, and I said good riddance lol.
When I first got VR I got a bunch of 3D Blu-rays to rip but the quality was trash. You have the 30/24 fps (can’t remember which) divided by two (for each eye).
It was so bad that action scenes just looked like a huge blur (probably partially due to having to re-encode).
I still wonder if BigScreen has better source material because the rentals there always looked great.
I thought Men in Black were awesome in 3D. I don't understand why more movies were not released in that format
IMAX 3D was impressive. Regular cinemas with 3D movies, meh.
I'd be watching all my shit in 3D...
If they actually sold 3D TV's that used the polar glasses and streaming services streamed 3D movies.
People say they were a gimmick, but a basic polarized TV's for a reasonable price were never a thing.
It was a gimmick. Half the movies released in 3D during the last wave were poorly done conversions not even shot for 3D.
Half the movies released in 3D during the last wave were poorly done conversions not even shot for 3D.
Only half? -_-
I've only seen a few movies that were actually filmed in 3D. Even Gravity was filmed in 2D.
The problem is that actually filming in 3D requires using different (and expensive) hardware, and different creative direction all across the board. You can't just upgrade to a 3D camera and call it a day. Not many studios will put in that kind of effort for something that is not proven in the market. And not many filmmakers are actually skilled at working in 3D, simply due to lack of direct experience.
I saw the Hobbit movies in high framerate 3D in the theater, and while they were not good movies, they looked absolutely amazing because they were committed 100% to the format from start to finish — not just with the hardware, but with the lighting, makeup, set design, everything. It's a shame the movies sucked, and it's a shame that there has never been a way to watch them in HFR 3D outside of select theaters.
I used to do a lot of research in 3D imaging, and my take is that passive stereoscopic glasses were always destined to fail because they cause eye strain for too many people. And that eye strain is usually caused by the fact that the focal point is fixed, and a lot of eyeballs fight that when they see a three dimensional image. We’re used to being able to shift focus at will with real-world 3D space.
This problem doesn’t impact everyone, and it’s not as bad with immersive experiences that keep items sharp in the foreground and background, or with films that don’t have interesting shit happening the background.
That said, it’s a really old and well documented problem, and I don’t believe we have affordable varifocal viewing solutions on the market yet.
I'd honestly be down to buy a VR headset if movies otherwise used them in some sort of universal format. Definitely not buying Samsung/Sony/Paramount/Meta VR bullshit though.
You get to choose your format if you dump your own media. Plus you also get to host a media server and stop paying to not watch Netflix.
There are tons of options to play back 3D media on a HMD. Honestly my complaint here is that watching media on a virtual screen in VR kinda sucks. The quality just isn't there and you still have a big thing strapped to your face. I'd much rather have good glass-free screens and leave VR for VR things, but it doesn't seem to be the way tech is going.
It'd actually be kinda cool if there were movies with supplemental VR. That is, mostly 2d but with VR headset sections. I know they had this in the theatres in thr past with red/blue VR glasses, but it'd look so much better with a good VR headset.
The issue is that it's a bit of a hard sell within an already limited market segment. You'd need to already have a largeish TV, and then also a 3D headset on the same PC.
I'd think most VR enthusiasts would have their VR on either a standalone unit or on a gaming PC, not on their HTPC.
As you've said, watching an entire film in VR is kinda ass.
Yeah it would be nice to get Movies Anywhere or something fully on board. All the movie studios are sitting on 3D movies already, they just need to make the app(s).
It sorta partially is. On Apple’s movie store you get the 3D version with the HD/4K version. So if your movies anywhere unlocks the HD/4K it should unlock the 3D too. As long as the publisher has put the 3D version up there. And many did as a result of the Vision Pro.
I have a bunch of 3D movies available on my Vision Pro, and I’ve never specifically bought one in 3D. Many came from digital codes.
Apple has the largest collection of 3D movies right now.
The thing is, new content with proper 3D isn’t being made much these days. I’d estimate Apple has the bulk of what exists available already.
Edit: where am I wrong here?
I think I'd like more engagement though to really commit. Be able to turn my head and see more of the scene. Stand up and view a slightly different angle.
All of the tech exists to make this possible, I just don't know if filmmaking can work that into the mix.
Well shit. I missed out on VR.
I have a psvr, but only one company makes an app you can watch your own files on. And they charge $30 for the app.
But then they say "no porn".
Well then I'm not buying your overpriced VR app!!! Why do you think I was even looking in the first place??? I was going to download some porn files in VR, and then watch it them through a usb stick in the ps4 on your app! But noooooooooooo. You hate money! Asshole!
Sorry. Not you. I was talking to the app.
I bought the psvr2 and module to hook it up to my pc but watching vr stuff in general isn't easy a you would think.
I tried some vr stuff on YouTube but I can't seem to get it to work. People suggest downloading the movie and use apps but I just want to click the video and stream it.
Same on pornhub, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I had better results with my s7 with the vr goggles...
Not too late. Depending on your stance with Meta though.
I purposefully missed out. I think it's gimmicky in it's current state.
The Ghost in the Shell movie in VR is jaw dropping. The 3d effects work beautifully.
Ok, I'm intrigued but looking it up there's apparently a few GitS things in 3D/VR:
- A 3D version of the live action movie.
- A short VR experience based on that movie.
- A 3D version of the anime movie "GitS: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society".
I'm guessing you're talking about the live movie, but now I also want to know how an anime would look like in 3D.
I've only tried the live action movie. I just downloaded a pack of random 3d movies to try out the experience, and that happened to be the one I picked first.
Seeing Spy Kids 3D in the theatre as a child was wild af.
I think I saw that at Disney World as a kid as my first 3D experience.