Josh Quittner at Time Magazine was treated to a viewing of John Cameron’s “Avatar”, a new 3D movie several years in the making. After that, he declares 3D “The Future of Movies” in this new article.
I couldn’t tell what was real and what was animated–even knowing that the 9-ft.-tall blue, dappled dude couldn’t possibly be real. The scenes were so startling and absorbing that the following morning, I had the peculiar sensation of wanting to return there, as if Pandora were real.
Cameron wasn’t surprised. One theory, he says, is that 3-D viewing “is so close to a real experience that it actually triggers memory creation in a way that 2-D viewing doesn’t.” His own theory is that stereoscopic viewing uses more neurons. That’s possible. After watching all that 3-D, I was a bit wiped out. I was also totally entertained.
From reading the article, it’s a bit difficult to tell if it’s 3D is the Future, or simply improved CG and compositing is the future.
