Friday, February 5, 2010


3D for All

For the past few years the film industry has made most of its money from the revenue of 3-D films. Films such as Avatar, Harry Potter, and Super Man Returns have made huge profits from its novelty.
This January at the Electronics Show in Las Vegas there was great excitement over the release of 3D television. However, these sets will cost about 750 American dollars and only come with two glasses (extra glasses will cost 75 American Dollars a piece). http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/technology/1194811622271/index.html
But now thanks to the NFB you can experience the thrill of 3D for free. The NFB has now recently uploaded a selection of 3D films on its web site. While they do require glasses to watch the NFB will send you glasses (the old fashioned blue and red kind) without charge. The films and glasses can be found at http://nfb.ca/playlist/nfb-3d/.
If you are run out of National Film Board content, You Tube has recently added 3D settings to a few of its videos. There are already hours of 3D kitten videos online. So hold on to those NFB glasses they will come in handy for hours of future entertainment.

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