Is it normal that 3D doesn't work very well for me?

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So I've seen a good few films in 3D, from the ones in Disneyland years ago to the more modern ones that just use it to give you an extra aspect of viewing, and one thing has always been common, it doesn't really work for me.

In the last couple of years I've been getting regular eye tests, after discovering that my right eye is actually quite blurry (Only took me 19 years to realise...). Anyway, having tried glasses, contacts and attending a laser eye surgery consultation, I've been told there's nothing to be done about my eye, as it should have been discovered when I was young but wasn't, and is basically just a lazy eye that nobody can do anything about.

Point being that my left eye is now 80-90% dominant, only really using the vision in my right eye for a bit of peripheral vision. This means that when I'm watching 3D, (I think) I'm only getting 2D with a little bit of extra, because my left eye is taking the most of it in, while my right eye sits there dawdling round being useless.

Is this common? Do those of you out there with a severely dominant left / right eye share my problem? I'm getting tired of paying £2-3 extra for 3D cinema tickets, only to walk out to the sound of friends saying "Wow the 3D in that was great" while I think to myself "What 3D?".
 
3D doesnt work well for me and when I asked my optician, she said that my head is larger than average (:p) so my eyes are further apart - the way they produce the films - the two cameras that are used for the overlaid images - they shoot from the average eye separation but because mine are further apart, the illusion doesnt work as well




(also it doesnt help that when i went to watch the hobbit in 3d the staff gave us out those paper red and blue glasses which is completely the wrong type of 3d so it was 3 hours of brown mush :p)
 
There is a good chunk of people who cannot distinguish or see 3D. In my first year of uni we did a study which included a segment on 3D and some research suggested that 5 or 8% (I can't remember which) of males cannot view 3D (a similar number to colourblind males).
 
Most directors are stupid and have no clue how to film in 3d, they need a panel of reserch and relearn how to shoot films.
There's some very good scenes in a few films, that shows how 3d should work and work extremely well. But most directors are clueless and have an exaggerated 3d which just makes it dark, rubbish and gives the audience eye ache.
 
I only have problems when a light source comes on screen and ruins the effect (I can see the double image).

Annoying, but i suppose it adds an array of fun when you crap yourself from a flying object...I also have a highly sensitive flight mechanism, so yeah fun times.

:)
 
Glaucus said:
Most directors are stupid and have no clue how to film in 3d, they need a panel of reserch and relearn how to shoot films.
There's some very good scenes in a few films, that shows how 3d should work and work extremely well. But most directors are clueless and have an exaggerated 3d which just makes it dark, rubbish and gives the audience eye ache.
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Any particular films you'd recommend?

As ridiculous as it sounds, the 3D segments of Jackass 3D worked fantastically well for me from what I can remember, though it was some time ago.
 
Redgie said:
Any particular films you'd recommend?

As ridiculous as it sounds, the 3D segments of Jackass 3D worked fantastically well for me from what I can remember, though it was some time ago.
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Films as a whole? No recommendations.

Prometheus has some very good 3d scenes, but like every other 3d film, you have a few decent scenes, mixed in with 90% crazily filmed scenes.
 
Hmm, I'll see if I can get hold of a sample. My brother has Sky 3D which has the demo channel that is supposed to show off the effect of 3D, personally I think that works even worse than most!
 
I have never been able to see 3D. I have a squint or lazy eye which means I can't get both eyes to look at the right spot for 3D images. It also means I have a left eye dominance.
I have never really seen the point of 3D on anything g other than IMAX. Especially at home where you would need a huge telly to get any sort of immersive effect. Some films are apparently very good including some of the Pixar efforts but any film that is retro fitted with 3D Instead of being filmed in it is onto a loser from the start.

Passing fad if you ask me.
 
panyan said:
(also it doesnt help that when i went to watch the hobbit in 3d the staff gave us out those paper red and blue glasses which is completely the wrong type of 3d so it was 3 hours of brown mush :p)
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Wow :eek: Hope you got your money back!

In fact, how did you even stomach more than 5mins of that?
 
chameleon said:
I have never been able to see 3D. I have a squint or lazy eye which means I can't get both eyes to look at the right spot for 3D images. It also means I have a left eye dominance.
I have never really seen the point of 3D on anything g other than IMAX. Especially at home where you would need a huge telly to get any sort of immersive effect. Some films are apparently very good including some of the Pixar efforts but any film that is retro fitted with 3D Instead of being filmed in it is onto a loser from the start.

Passing fad if you ask me.
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Your situation seems near identical to mine which is interesting enough.

Am I a cynic for also hoping it's a passing fad even though it's probably very good for the people it works for :p?
 
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