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Author Topic: Pictures of 3D Glasses Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-01-2003 09:43 PM                     These are the ABS plastic 3D glasses made for Disney (and other theme parks). They were made by Custom Plastics Developments in Orlando. This is one of the samples they sent me. And these are the disposable 3D glasses we had for "Jaws 3D" back in 1983. Here's a pair of Nuoptix 3D glasses... Nuoptix was developed to transform 2D images to 3D and the system was used for the Superbowl halftime show in 1989 (I think). The 3D halftime show was sponsored by Coca-Cola and that's why the frames are red-and-white. How they worked: Evidently, by placing a darker filter over one eye causes a slight delay to the brain (!) which means that if the image is a lateral dolly shot (or steadicam shot) moving at 5mph then the eyes will transmit images with a simulted parallax. When viewed through the Nuoptix glasses, a pendulum swinging left-right-left would seem to be swinging in a circle.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 04-01-2003 10:01 PM                    The light/dark 3D illusion is known as the Pulfrich effect (do a web search) and works quite well with a pair of sunglasses from which one lens was removed.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-01-2003 10:17 PM                     Here are the XR model polarized glasses that Imax uses for non-electronic 3D theaters.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-01-2003 11:57 PM                        Those kind of look like Oakley's Adam.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-02-2003 12:01 AM                     I still have my 3D glasses from "Friday the 13th Part III in 3D". I'll post a picture soon.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-02-2003 01:40 AM                        These are the glasses we developed for our 3D IMAX theatres BTW Adam did someone break the arms off your glasses?  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-02-2003 01:40 AM                        Manny, The ABS glasses resemble the ones that were issued by Consolidated's long defunct Liberty theatre in Honolulu where I saw a lot of dual projection 3-D films there in the early fifties. After the Movie, we were allowed to keep them and many of my friends used them as sunglasses. I did not. James Cameron's new Titanic film, "GHOST OF THE ABYSS" opens next week and thank God, Honolulu's showing will be the IMAX 3-D presentation instead of the awful single projection 3-D version. -Claude  |  IP: Logged

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