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Sareesh Sudhakaran · February 2nd, 2010, 05:41 AM

Hi
I've just bought and watched the home edition of Final Destination on 3D. I have a 42" monitor and my viewing distance is roughly 4-5 feet. I noticed a very strange thing. After about fifteen minutes of viewing this horrible 3D DVD, I took off my glasses and...
When I close my right eye, I see the world in a blue tint, and when I close the left, I see things in a red tint. The glasses had L-Red and R-Blue. Was my eye compensating for the color change? Now if this is what I experienced after just 10 minutes of the movie, imagine what will happen on a continuous red/cyan 3D movie or programming.

Well, it's been half an hour since I stopped watching and my eyes are back to normal (I hope), but I haven't found one single post anywhere on the internet mentioning this problem. If anyone has experienced this, please share your thoughts.

Is the moral: Stay away from anaglyph?

Tim Dashwood · February 2nd, 2010, 11:19 AM

This is common with anaglyph.

Alister Chapman · February 2nd, 2010, 01:33 PM

It also happens to me when I use a CRT monocular viewfinder on a camera. I find that after a while my perception of colour is different between my left and right eyes. I've been using video cameras for 20+ years and have not noticed any lasting effects.

Adam Stanislav · February 2nd, 2010, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sareesh Sudhakaran

Was my eye compensating for the color change?

Not your eye, your brain. Perfectly natural and nothing to worry about.

Shaun Roemich · February 2nd, 2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

It also happens to me when I use a CRT monocular viewfinder on a camera.

Also a difficulty in focusing - one eye becomes used to focusing at a plane 4" in front of the eye while the other focuses on a plane 20+ FEET away.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · February 3rd, 2010, 02:22 AM

Guys, thank you for your replies. It surely is reassuring. However, would it be pertinent to say that anaglyph is a dead format as far as future 3D filmmaking is concerned? Should one aspire towards RealD or Dolby 3D?

Giroud Francois · February 3rd, 2010, 06:16 AM

from the point of view of filmmaker, you do not really need to care about HOW movies will be displayed. anaglyph is dead since a long time, unfortunately nobody knows it.

Pavel Houda · February 3rd, 2010, 12:24 PM

Speeking with respect to TV, not to movies - Couple of days ago they broadcasted tribute to Michael Jackson during the Grammy Awards in that dead anaglyph. It took us over 10 years to make HD more less common in the US, and there is no eye-strain and other objective complaint agains it like there are various complaints against 3D (I actually like 3D, but let's be honest). That is the only 3D broadcast on major US network in a very long time. I have a large screen DLP display with gorgeous 3D, but need to provide my own content so far. There's been lot of talk.. we will see. Until all the other fancy display technologies become common (big IF), the major networks will not be interested. Content is going to be bottleneck as well. Thankfully there are sports, games, Avatar and pornography, else there would be almost no audience. Now someone needs ot provide it. Until then the only technologies working on almost any display device are anaglyph and cross-eye. It will be long time before anaglyph dies. That is my take on it. It is shame that ColorCode3D is not promoted more, it beats red/cyan hand down, IMHO. I hate to be negative, but let's see the actual obstacles and work on overcoming them, ratner than pretending that they don't exist. Sorry if I offended someone....

Sareesh Sudhakaran · February 4th, 2010, 06:38 AM

What should I do to watch Final Destination properly on my system then? Is it my LCD panel, the DVD itself (3D), the glasses (anaglyph) or my viewing distance?

Sareesh Sudhakaran · February 11th, 2010, 12:25 PM

ABC The Drum Unleashed - Keep doing that and you'll go blind

Adam Stanislav · February 11th, 2010, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sareesh Sudhakaran

ABC The Drum Unleashed - Keep doing that and you'll go blind

Nonsense. It reminds me of the warnings when I was a kid: Don't get a color TV, they said, or you will lose the ability to see colors in the real world!

Pavel Houda · February 11th, 2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sareesh Sudhakaran

ABC The Drum Unleashed - Keep doing that and you'll go blind

I agree with Adam. I think that most of our brains learn new things, wighout forgetting things previously learned. We can adapt. I think that Mark Pesce is totally irresponsible to publish his silly theories in mass media. I've been looking at 3D in many different forms, anaglyph, polarized active and passive, lenticular and cross-eye and I can see just fine. I did learn how to accomodate to the viewing methods after a little while, it didn't come immediately, but I never forgot how to see without those technologies. The article is silly in so many ways.... Sure people tried many different techniques and technologies that didn't become commercially successful, but even more did. Otherwise he would have to carve his unproven fantasies onto a cave wall (maybe even doing that would cause permanent health damage).

Warren Kawamoto · February 13th, 2010, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sareesh Sudhakaran

Hi
Was my eye compensating for the color change? Now if this is what I experienced after just 10 minutes of the movie, imagine what will happen on a continuous red/cyan 3D movie or programming.

The phenomenon you experienced is called afterimages. Look here and you can find some fun tricks for your brain:
Afterimage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andrew Smith · February 15th, 2010, 04:24 AM

Continuing to make the news on the safety issue ....

3D TVs need safety testing, says CHOICE consumer magazine

Andrew

Andrew Smith · February 15th, 2010, 04:54 AM

BTW, if someone gets eye strain from watching 3D content, then it could well be because they have a "lazy eye". The 3D tech makes both eyes work, thus the lazy eye will have to work harder than what it is used to .

Which leads to better news .... 3D viewing prescribed as treatment for having a lazy eye! :-P

Andrew

February 2nd, 2010, 05:41 AM	#1
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	3D Changing your Eye Hi I've just bought and watched the home edition of Final Destination on 3D. I have a 42" monitor and my viewing distance is roughly 4-5 feet. I noticed a very strange thing. After about fifteen minutes of viewing this horrible 3D DVD, I took off my glasses and... When I close my right eye, I see the world in a blue tint, and when I close the left, I see things in a red tint. The glasses had L-Red and R-Blue. Was my eye compensating for the color change? Now if this is what I experienced after just 10 minutes of the movie, imagine what will happen on a continuous red/cyan 3D movie or programming. Well, it's been half an hour since I stopped watching and my eyes are back to normal (I hope), but I haven't found one single post anywhere on the internet mentioning this problem. If anyone has experienced this, please share your thoughts. Is the moral: Stay away from anaglyph? __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

February 2nd, 2010, 11:19 AM	#2
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	This is common with anaglyph. __________________ Tim Dashwood

February 2nd, 2010, 01:33 PM	#3
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	It also happens to me when I use a CRT monocular viewfinder on a camera. I find that after a while my perception of colour is different between my left and right eyes. I've been using video cameras for 20+ years and have not noticed any lasting effects. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com

February 3rd, 2010, 02:22 AM	#6
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	Cool, but Guys, thank you for your replies. It surely is reassuring. However, would it be pertinent to say that anaglyph is a dead format as far as future 3D filmmaking is concerned? Should one aspire towards RealD or Dolby 3D? __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

February 4th, 2010, 06:38 AM	#9
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	Weird What should I do to watch Final Destination properly on my system then? Is it my LCD panel, the DVD itself (3D), the glasses (anaglyph) or my viewing distance? __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

February 3rd, 2010, 06:16 AM	#7
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	from the point of view of filmmaker, you do not really need to care about HOW movies will be displayed. anaglyph is dead since a long time, unfortunately nobody knows it.

February 3rd, 2010, 12:24 PM	#8
Pavel Houda Major Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Laguna Hills, CA Posts: 352	Speeking with respect to TV, not to movies - Couple of days ago they broadcasted tribute to Michael Jackson during the Grammy Awards in that dead anaglyph. It took us over 10 years to make HD more less common in the US, and there is no eye-strain and other objective complaint agains it like there are various complaints against 3D (I actually like 3D, but let's be honest). That is the only 3D broadcast on major US network in a very long time. I have a large screen DLP display with gorgeous 3D, but need to provide my own content so far. There's been lot of talk.. we will see. Until all the other fancy display technologies become common (big IF), the major networks will not be interested. Content is going to be bottleneck as well. Thankfully there are sports, games, Avatar and pornography, else there would be almost no audience. Now someone needs ot provide it. Until then the only technologies working on almost any display device are anaglyph and cross-eye. It will be long time before anaglyph dies. That is my take on it. It is shame that ColorCode3D is not promoted more, it beats red/cyan hand down, IMHO. I hate to be negative, but let's see the actual obstacles and work on overcoming them, ratner than pretending that they don't exist. Sorry if I offended someone....

February 11th, 2010, 12:25 PM	#10
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	How's This? ABC The Drum Unleashed - Keep doing that and you'll go blind __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

February 15th, 2010, 04:24 AM	#14
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,065	Continuing to make the news on the safety issue .... 3D TVs need safety testing, says CHOICE consumer magazine Andrew

February 15th, 2010, 04:54 AM	#15
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,065	BTW, if someone gets eye strain from watching 3D content, then it could well be because they have a "lazy eye". The 3D tech makes both eyes work, thus the lazy eye will have to work harder than what it is used to . Which leads to better news .... 3D viewing prescribed as treatment for having a lazy eye! :-P Andrew