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Why do these people have 3D glasses upside down?
Because many theaters had their projectors setup incorrectly and the left and right offset were reversed.
As it turned out, 3 out of the 4 theaters showing the game where I was had the feed reversed. Some people had left in the first several minutes after having shaky effects and 3D seemed to be a gimmick who's time had not come.
After 15 minutes of "gimicks" and trouble real trouble reading the graphics, I started playing with the glasses - only to find out that 3D REALLY WORKED IF YOU TURNED THE GLASSES UPSIDE DOWN.
So we spread the word to turn the glasses upside down.
I can only say one thing....
WOW
This is no gimick - its the real thing (however, clearly if 75% of the theaters can have it backwards, there are bound to be MANY people who were underwhelmed this evening).
The depth of the field was amazing.
They used very few cameras and thus did not always have the best shots, however when someone walked in front of one shooting the field it certainly made everyone jump.
While there were no Disney type effects of things coming out at you, it was more like looking out an opening at the field.
Fox used very minimal graphics - and the graphics (once the glasses were upside down) seemed to float at the front of the picture.
This was every bit as good as the 3D you see at Disney.
Were their glitches? Obviously. We emailed the CEO of the Company from the theater and she assured us that the broadcast was being delivered correctly, the problem was local (which became evident as 3 theaters were wrong and 1 was correct).
But this is clearly ready for Primetime if you can make sure the left side is always offset to the left and not to the right.
I am curious if any others attended showings and if the did not have the WOW factor, did they try and turn the glasses upside down as well.

Because many theaters had their projectors setup incorrectly and the left and right offset were reversed.
As it turned out, 3 out of the 4 theaters showing the game where I was had the feed reversed. Some people had left in the first several minutes after having shaky effects and 3D seemed to be a gimmick who's time had not come.
After 15 minutes of "gimicks" and trouble real trouble reading the graphics, I started playing with the glasses - only to find out that 3D REALLY WORKED IF YOU TURNED THE GLASSES UPSIDE DOWN.
So we spread the word to turn the glasses upside down.
I can only say one thing....
WOW
This is no gimick - its the real thing (however, clearly if 75% of the theaters can have it backwards, there are bound to be MANY people who were underwhelmed this evening).
The depth of the field was amazing.
They used very few cameras and thus did not always have the best shots, however when someone walked in front of one shooting the field it certainly made everyone jump.
While there were no Disney type effects of things coming out at you, it was more like looking out an opening at the field.
Fox used very minimal graphics - and the graphics (once the glasses were upside down) seemed to float at the front of the picture.
This was every bit as good as the 3D you see at Disney.
Were their glitches? Obviously. We emailed the CEO of the Company from the theater and she assured us that the broadcast was being delivered correctly, the problem was local (which became evident as 3 theaters were wrong and 1 was correct).
But this is clearly ready for Primetime if you can make sure the left side is always offset to the left and not to the right.
I am curious if any others attended showings and if the did not have the WOW factor, did they try and turn the glasses upside down as well.