As avid followers of glasses in all shapes and sizes, we watched with excitement as the nation donned its 3D spectacles for last week’s live, landmark 3D broadcast by Keane. Now that 3D broadcasts on TV and online are becoming more regular, we all have the opportunity to don our 3D glasses more often.
And so to help you track down where to get your hands on 3D glasses, and to see what’s coming up to watch in 3D, we thought we’d research what’s happening where.
Top 5 places to get your 3D specs
- This US mail order site gives them way for free is you send a self-addressed envelope
- 3DImages.co.uk boasts a stock of 350,000 3D specs, from card to plastic models
- Napier University is running a science project that’s giving away 3D glasses to people based in Scotland
- Keane has a cut-out template for making your own 3D glasses
- If you have a £3000 Hyundai S465D TV and Sky+HD you won’t need specs at all. That’s the future of 3D viewing in your living room.
What to watch in 3D
- The 3D Keane gig is available to watch on the Keane band website
- Aliens versus Monsters is currently playing in cinemas in 3D
- Horror fans can get ready for My Bloody Valentine 3D appearing on DVD this June
- There’s more 3D viewing on the way from Sky, who also say the Olympics in 2012 is going to be a major 3D showcase.
If you want to get the 3D look in real glasses, we’ve got a few pairs in our Cocktail collection that have the thick frames and striking looks that you’ll want.
What are your favourite 3D films or TV programmes? Let us know in the comments below…
The american series ‘ Chuck‘ did an entire episode in 3D in february too. Lots of chatter about it on twitter: http://tinyurl.com/da9sb2 even now a month later.
“If you have a £3000 Hyundai S465D TV and Sky+HD you won’t need specs at all. That’s the future of 3D viewing in your living room.”
Not quite true, you will still need glasses to watch 3D material on this TV, although not the type with red and blue lenses found in cornflakes packaging. According to the information I managed to dig up about this TV… “It supports a unbelievable 3D stereo experience using circular polarized filters in combination with polarization eye wear” (Source: http://www.vrlogic.com/html/hyundai_s465d.html).
Best experience I’ve personally had with 3D was that of Terminator 2 3-D at Universal Studios, Florida. If we can have a similar sort of experience in our homes I’m all for it, but I think for full immersion you are going to need a projector or one helluva big TV! :o)
The good old red and blue 3D glasses take me back to the days of Jaws, how technology has moved on since then, my first film I watched in full 3D was “My Bloody Valentine” it was outstanding just for the 3D’ness, wasn’t a bad horror flick either!!
My favourite still has to be Avatar, the one that really kicked start the 3D industry again. Saying that though I’ve recently played Mario Kart 7 on the Nintendo 3DS and that was brilliant!