The hype machine for 3D was so strong that it made Nintendo create a whole console based off of it which is wild.

3D could have been amazing AND the next big thing, but all the companies making cheap 2D to 3D conversions and the theaters not having the required brighter bulbs killed off interest. I will never forgive them for this. Watching Avengers (2012) in 3D in the theater was a wonderful experience and I'm glad I was able to see it that way.

Linus forgot to mention one of the major killers of 3D was the proprietary format wars with TVs. Companies had different formats for how they did 3d movies in the beginning, they then either bought or already owned the rights to specific movies which they released as exclusives only in their specific format. This meant that not everyone could watch their favorite movies on their device.

The movie which had the best use of 3D for me was Dredd. Filmmakers clearly thought about 3D as part of the way they shot the film, and the SloMo drug sequences are incredible. Nothing is 'WOW LOOK AT THIS FLYING OUT AT YOU', it's all properly there for a cinematographic reason. The focal plane stuff Linus talks about is used with that, and it's an absolutely gorgeous experience. Seriously made me consider sticking with my old 3D TV just for that film. Seriously, was so bummed LTT didn't have that as one of the films they tried, particularly when they even scrolled past it at the end...!

The face tracking 3D on the new Nintendo 3DS was actually pretty impressive.

One of the big things for me that absolutely makes or breaks 3D is: Was it shot/rendered in actual 3D, or was it post-processed 3D? Because the latter always causes an extremely noticeable cardboard cutout effect for me and I hate it with a passion. But some things, like Ton Legacy, it's amazing because it was shot and rendered, and also because they use the 3D as a way to help separate the real and digital worlds.

The split view does work well for passive 3D; our family got one because of that feature lol Instead of making you close one eye, they just gave you (or you could at least buy) a set of glasses where both the lenses are the same polarization!

As someone who used to do 3D mapping, we wore a set of active 3D goggles 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Having that experience, I can point out a few other issues with the set up for repeated long time wear. The biggest one.... build quality of the 3D goggles/glasses, especially for active systems. 1: The nose piece. It always seemed whomever made and designed the plastic of the nose piece, had never worn glasses in their life. Tapered and nice soft and just the right kind of material is what you see on prescription glasses. This material and these edges make contact with your sensitive bridge of the nose every waking moment. They need to be comfortable. Whoever designed the 3D goggles, and the subsequent glasses models, used a hard plastic, with sharp edges.... This alone could bring on a headache, want to see how it feels, press your fingernail into the bridge of your nose for 25 min, see how you feel. I wanted to have some very strong words with that materials expert for the sets we had. 2: Weight. Our goggles used large medical batteries, think 0.75in in diameter, 1/8 in thick. Added into the frame of the goggles, the emitter receiver... we're up to almost 1 lb... That is heavy for hanging on your face, ineffective ear pieces wrapped around your head.... also made out of the cheepest plastic. They barely stay on. Got a slippery nose? good luck. Long hair getting into the ear pieces.... add on that weight.... never enjoyable past 30 min. You start to feel the weight on your nose and ears, your whole head feels extra heavy... then you realize a gap in the plastic is tugging on your hair, now you need to get your hair untangled while the entire thing falls off your face with the weight of a box of crackers. Try taping a box of crackers to your face, then use some extra tape and Popsicle sticks to hold it on.... that's what it feels like. Why didn't they just hire the people who make real glasses dammit! 3: Over glasses retrofits: I wear glasses.... so take every issue from number 1-2, and then multiply it. Just watching this video, I could only imagine the discomfort our glasses wearing host was experiencing. There was a reason we got a 15 min break every hour at that office... so we could avoid wearing a brick over glasses. Even the passive systems never fit over glasses.... and there are so many points of failure that a paralax can encounter. One biggie is how the glasses and individual lenses sit in front of your eye or added glasses lenses. Like a fighter pilot can have multiple axis, yaw roll pitch.... there are multiple axis for those lenses over your eye and/or glasses. If your own prescription pair is out of wack, it hurts... but factor in the build quality of the 3D set, and have one lens 1mm too close and the other 1mm too far... or up and down, or front to back... tilted as well... No fun... I spent an entire 3D movie once just testing out 20 different pairs of passive 3D glasses to see how they fit.. and only 1 set really even came close to tolerable. 4: Low power When that battery or internal power supply goes on an active set.... it hurts, your eyes start to feel overwhelmed... you don't notice it right away either, it sneaks up on you. And you better hope you have a good supply of batteries if they are battery powered. 5: Power switch. Some genius, decided to put the power switch in the temple piece. Idea was.. you can't leave them on.. so let's have a power switch. But I bet people will forget... so let's make it part of an automatic.. or semi-automatic process. People will take off the goggles, then fold up the ear pieces.... great, they turn off with a little switch that is physically moved with the temple piece. But.. let's make it out of cheap plastic, and since it's technically a moving part activated by a moving part... it'll hold up for.... oh about 55 days.... and slowly get more and more loose and twisted. Suddenly, your glasses won't be active... then they are... then not... as that damn switch now is a wobbling mess. Replacement = a full new set of goggles..... great.... 50ish days. It's to the point now... if you want me to look into a paralax on an active or passive 3D... you better be paying me an hourly wage and full vision and health coverage.

When I worked in Sony's tech support, I recall that Active 3D glasses were a real pain to troubleshoot. It went to the point where if anyone asked about what TV to get with 3D, I would recommend one with passive glasses instead.

Just from my own experience, Tron: Legacy's 3D wasn't so much about giving a pop-out 3D experience, but rather depth to everything. In some of the establishing shots, The Grid stretches for miles and miles on that flat screen. Also, my favorite 3D experience was Up, where a actually jumped out of the way of one of the "Dog"-fighters. And yes I was embarrassed by it.

I think it's kinda sad that 3D died, considering that we have high refresh, high resolution displays everywhere now. I would at least like having the option to play my favorite games in 3D. And as a game developer, I would also love it if the engine I'm using had a stereoscopic viewport.

As someone with a passive 3D TV, I love it. It's a shame it never really took off. I will be super sad when my 3D TV stops working and I have to hunt down a used one...because I love it.

Here in the UK you had to buy the top Sky package to get 3D, which at the time, was just shy of £100 a month. So yeah, no-one bought it.

You could do the simulview thing with LG passive tv’s too but with any console or hdmi source. there was a button on the remotes that would split the screen and put one half of the image on top of the other. Then you had to pop the lenses out of two pairs of glasses and swap them. So one pair had two left lenses and the other had two right lenses. As it was a tv based function it worked on every split screen game not just the ones that supported simulview

Fun fact: you can watch 3D content in PSVR and it looks AMAZING. It's probably the best experience I've ever had viewing 3D content and it makes me frustrated that this function doesn't exist for polygonal games that aren't intended for VR. It's still immersive without inducing motion sickness.

I just revisited this video after seeing Avatar 2 in Dolby 3D, and am now convinced that 3D should be a thing again. The confusing standards, display options, and poor content really destroyed 3D's chances before. But give me a modern TV with the new Dolby tech and I'd buy it in a heartbeat. The movie looked absolutely gorgeous in theaters!

I love how Linus’s final task for Taran after the toilet paper reveal was to have him “liberate” some 3D glasses from the movie theater. Only now, in the end, does he realize Taran’s true potential.

The New 3DS fixed many of the OG 3DS' pitfalls. Not the resolution problem, but the head tracking is quite good on the New 3DS, which fixed the viewing angle issue.

I just found out a few weeks back I could play Virtual Boy games on my passive 3D as RetroArch has a Side-By-Side output option for the Virtual Boy core. Playing Red Alarm in a comfy chair, with a modern controller, having freedom of movement, being able to see the rest of the room and play on a big screen is actually pretty amazing. With the original console, you had to sit at a table, couldn't move your head, and couldn't see the rest of the room.

It depends on what your preference is for 3D as well. For this you guys seem to love the pop off the screen 3D for me I really love the depth of 3D. Stuff like Titanic doesn't pop off the screen but it has some incredible depth that I just love and cinematically pulls me more into the story

I bought a 70” passive 3D tv back in 2013 (still have it and use as our main TV). I invited a bunch of friends over and had a handed out whole box of glasses I had saved from the theater. We watched all of the best scenes from pretty much every 3D movie that was available at the time (Avatar, Top Gun, Jurassic Park, Pacific Rim, etc), but when we got to Finding Nemo… the 3D effect was just so good we ended up forgetting to change the movie and watched the whole thing 😂

One of my favorite ways to watch 3D movies is actually In VR. There are a few VRChat movie worlds that use material shaders to define which display per eye gets each camera angle. In turn allowing for a clear watching experience and not dealing with having polarized filters in front of your eyes. It does take a minuet for your eyes to adjust to it, of course, but after that its really good.

I really love those retrospective videos and hope you can do more of them.

The movie industry tries to push 3D approximately every 30 years--the 50s, the 80s, and the 2010s. It always fizzles out. I have a friend who LOVES 3D and has hundreds of titles, everything from the 50s (actually, decades before that) on, whatever he can get his hands on. Even though TVs are no long 3D, his projector is.

I had a 3D monitor back in 2012 or so (still do in my closet lol) . I am incredibly disappointed the tech didn't stay around. Some games in 3D were unmatched, like the Metro series, Alien Isolation, and Crysis.

I personally like the 3d experience on my TV. For me the problem isnt the 3D, its the lack of 3D content thats the issue.

I really enjoyed 3D movies. It's a whole different level of experience. I remember watching Avatar and Life of Pi and was amazed by the visual effects. I hope 3D will be popular again.

I had a 65” LG that had a “Dual View” mode. The tv was Passive 3D 1080p lc/ed . You could game with any split screen game and some Xbox games supported it. The Xbox would basically have the split screen two full screens, basically a native mode. The tv came with 4 regular passive glasses and 1 player 1(glasses with left lens) and 1 player 2 (right lens) .. was fun back then.

After having a VR headset and rewatching some older movies in 3D, man do I want 3D content to come back and be done properly. Especially with things like the Playstation splitscreen, even though they might be niche, not only is it cool but could actually be useful. Movie theaters rn could really utilize that 3D splitscreen to play a 2D movie, but with/without captions at the same time, so everyone can watch in whichever way they prefer.

my dad fell so hard for this. bought a rear-projection 83" 3DTV off one of those shopping channels and the 3D was so horrible. not only was it hard enough to find content you wanted to see, but the glasses it came with were HORRENDOUS. the only positive I remember was trying out Killzone 3 in 3D for the first time, that was rad for 20 minutes. in the end my brothers and I now had a gigantic TV for sleepovers, so I support 3D

16:20 this is why if 3D comes back, we should bring light field cameras back. If anyone remembers the Lytro camera and how the whole image was in focus and had the image mapped depth wise. I can see that being something that will get revisited in the future when tv improvements plateau and they need to market something new. Light field videography and photography will probably come back.

Funny how Linus dissed the 3D conversion in post at the end of the video even though Titanic, Shrek and most of the Tron Legacy movie was 3D converted. I actually worked on their conversion back in the day :)

you can achieve passive 3d with two projectors by aligning their screens perfectly and putting polarizing filters in front of the lenses offset by 90 degrees. looks pretty amazing too

I worked at Best Buy in TVs during the 3D craze and I actually loved it when it was implemented properly with Passsive tech. It was surprising to see how much money was thrown at that "fad" and it still failed. Honestly, seeing Avatar in 3D IMAX is still probably the best movie viewing experience of my life.

I still have a 2012 Samsung 3D Plasma. It's 55" 1080p smart TV that was cheaper than the non 3D non smart version because this was when 3Ds and Plasma were being phased out. I think I paid $600CAD. It is active 3D and can post convert a 2D source. The room should be a dark as possible (its in a basement so not a problem), and post converting leaves a static line of pixels at the bottom of the screen (but overall picture isn't bad). The glasses weren't bulky, but are not rechargeable and require a watch battery which doesn't last all that long, especially if you forget to turn off the glasses. I haven't used the 3D in a while but I think I'll give it a try again.

0:46 YES! Tron Legacy on Blu-Ray 3D will ALWAYS be a staple of what 3D truly was! I used to watch it all the time on my grandparents' Sony Bravia smart TV with Active 3D glasses on, my xbox one (the "VCR" one) running the show. Now I have an LG 3D TV as my main PC monitor, and a 3D TV when I want to watch 3D compatible movies while I wait for a download. My internet in this area is painfully slow.

BTW You can easily "convert" any modern game to 3D format with ReShade and Depth3D shader for it. It works really good with a VR headset and should work with any passive 3D TV. I even managed to get "cross-eye 3D" gaming experience which is a bit crazy but still cool :D

Im surprised VR was never mentioned. I feel like this was a natural progression of the technology. Like If you want a 3d experience just get a VR headset.

2:54 fun fact; Sonic's only an alien in Sonic X/the movies. In the Archie comics, he's moreso a mutant, and we still have no idea what his deal is in the actual games

I really loved the how to train your dragon 2 3d, specifically because the director went out it tastefully, rather than a super flashy thing. It just ties the world together a bit and gives scale, without really feeling like a "visual effect"

I actually still have a 3D 1080p TV in the media room of my house. I’m pretty sure I still have the glasses somewhere. Interestingly enough, my Blu-Ray copy of Guardians of the Galaxy could only view the IMAX aspect ratio with the 3D version. But hey, at least the IMAX version of the movie is available on Disney+ now. That said, I do hope someone revisits the idea of a 3D TV that shows two different screens for two different people at some point. It’s a great idea for split screen multiplayer.

I still own a 3D tv with passive glasses, I still enjoy getting out the occasional 3D movie to watch and still find it is more emersive than plain movies. I hope it comes back..

For content not designed for 3D, it sometimes helps to turn the depth settings down. For gaming you can create a double left and double right pair of glasses... or buy a L and R set. Dual screen is best for vs gaming.

I’m so glad they mentioned (and tried) simulview. I remember thinking that seemed almost more valuable than 3D for local multiplayer and the in store demo was incredible

I actually got to experience a 3D TV in person, I watched a little demo showing off what the TV could do, as well as parts of one of the Ice Age movies while I was in an electronics store back in the day. I remember it being amazing and extremely immersive, then all of a sudden the hype vanished along with 3D TV's and movies before I could ever buy some. I did get to own a 3DS well after the hype died, but the problems I most often ran into with it were the crappy viewing angles as well as the significant framerate loss while 3D was active in quite a few games

Good coverage of the benefits and issues with the glasses and displays. There are still some blu ray 3D releases happening through 2023 for existing 3D (and 2D) projectors (via HDMI blu ray 3D players/PS3/PS4), and older 3DTVs. Glasses free 3D TV has yet to really happen as a new option. Avatar 2 3D did great in theaters, but no word yet on if it will inspire home 3D displays again.

I've only ever experienced 3D movies in Bigscreen VR, and I think it looks pretty good. With how VR works, you also don't need any additional equipment, it just works.

Who would thought, that "Next new big thing" will not be another picture technology like 3D, but just more pixels like 4K

I just got a Benq x3000i projector for a media room, I mostly use it for movies and shows with family via streaming from Apple TV and we have a receiver with a 5.1.2 atmos setup. The projector supports 3D and I sort of went down the rabbit hole trying to look into the best way to get it to work without losing quality, but you basically summed up everything here. 4k and 3D don't exist together which is a bummer, nor does it appear HDR 3D does either based on what I've found so far. Atmos isn't supported with 3D unless you want to make a new rip with atmos audio synced up to 3D video, which seems like a massive headache. And of course, modern hardware like Apple TV and next gen consoles don't support 3D playback. Thankfully active 3D glasses have come way down in price, and ps4 supports 3D, so I'll use that and buy a few 3D Blu-Rays just to enjoy the gimmick.

14:01 "10 ADP" in subtitles lol

3d movies through a VR headset are pretty cool since you're always sitting in the sweet spot. Still kinda grainy though until rez really increases and screens get better. Shouldn't be too long since we're gonna see micro oled and micro led vr soon.

I remember when I was 18 my parents got a brand new Samsung 3D TV and I remember I used the 3D alot on Assassin's Creed Unity for the depth feature it had. It made the game world feel bigger/better IMO and I remember being more fun due the running and jumping look better because of it

Lg called the Simul play "Dual Play" and they had orange glasses that were the same Polarization on right and left and different on the other glasses. Also they have SBS 3d video Files which work amazingly. SBS setting on the TV can also make every game work in "Dual Play"

It was already in the home in the 80s, we had broadcasts that were in 3d, you had to go to your local store and buy the red and blue glasses, it actually worked really well, I still remember watching Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3d around 1983 while sitting on the floor in our living room.

My dad was hugely into the 3D craze, and I remember our TV had a feature in which a vertical split screen game could be forced into have a simul-view effect. So each side was polarised differently and then overlapped, it was great for playing games with siblings or friends.

I've gotta say, I was underwhelmed with 3D when it hit the mainstream in like 2012 but seeing some old 3D content on a vr headset blew me away.

4:30 Jake playing on that 3D TV without 3d Glasses, epic :))

As I discovered the hard way that on cell phones you can actually get different levels of oled screen quality ranging from not good enough to good enough to overkill, I'd love to see you guys cover those differences and help consumers know the technical differences so we know what to look for when considering buying something with an oled screen.

They used to have 3D shows on TV back in the 80's and you'd pickup the red and blue 3D glasses at 711 stores. The first 3D movie I saw in a theatre was Space Hunter : Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

Simulview is unironically one of the coolest dead tech I've seen in a while. The downsides of 3D are definitely too much for wanting it to return, though lol.

I liked 3D in the theatre like universal where it comes out into the air, while my experience with the tv was more depth. The air one might be gimmicky but it’s still pretty cool to me

When I was a kid, back in the dark ages, my grandpa had a 3D camera and projector. I think my brother inherited the camera. It used slide film and took two pictures through two lenses that were about eye width apart. The slides were mounted in a modified paper mount about eye width apart. The slide viewer was simply two viewers -- one for each eye. You just looked through the lenses. The 3D effect was really good. The projector was, again, two projectors mounted in the same case. One image was projected through a vertical polarizer, and the other through a horizontal polarizer. The viewers all wore the glasses. Alas, we only had a few glasses.

What’s funny is that I just fixed up an old 3D tv last week that I found in the trash and have been playing 3D games via PS3 and watching 3D movies on it; it’s been awesome so far

I'm so glad you brought in the PS3 TV for this.

The first modern 3D movie I remember seeing in theaters was actually Beowulf (2007). It was all CGI so the 3D was really well thought out, the way the "camera" moved through each scene really gave it depth I hadn't seen before.

I never got to use one before they got discontinued it's a shame they give on tech like this instead of making them even better imagine a 8ktv with 3d support but much more enhanced with more features.

I actually own a passive 3D OLED TV from around that time, though it was considerably cheaper and only supports 1080p. When I bought it, I did investigate the difference between active and passive 3D, but that was more about being informed than 3D mattering a lot to me. I chose this TV based on getting a good deal on a showroom model, which made OLED a more affordable option, and I'd basically fallen in love with OLED during my research. I only ever watched one or two movies in 3D on it. I never really missed the lost resolution, but it just didn't add a whole lot and the glasses are an extra hassle. Also, this video was playing on that TV, so when the "3d is now off" notice popped up on the screen, it took my brain a moment to understand it, as I wasn't near the remote and could not have pressed the 3d button by accident...

I love 3D, used it whenever it was available. The biggest loss is knowing that Nvidia stopped working on 3D drivers so close to the rise of VR. Having a 3D cinema at home, including game use is an absolute game changer.

I still have a 3DTV (an LG passive one) in a room that doesn’t get used much now and not for 3D - the reason being I have 2 projectors which do active 3D (Epson ones, using the same glasses), and I have a huge collection of 3D blu rays right up to the recent Avatar: The Way Of Water which was given a limited 3D disc release - after seeing it in imax 3D i opted for the 3D over the 4k. The home projector passive quality is extremely good and better than most i’ve been to see in theatres (not counting imax which is done to a higher standard). For gaming, the best use of it i found was in the call of duty games when they added it. When firing hip-fire you were no real difference, but when aiming down the sights of the gun your eyes would really have to adjust to the depth projected and the focus of the gun close-up, the scope or end of the barrel, and then focus on distance of what you were aiming at. It was a gimmick and pretty cool, but it made gaming a bit harder so i imagine many players probably didn’t bother. The biggest downfall of 3D in my opinion isn’t the poor mastering of artificially filmed 3D in movies which were post-converted (although this didn’t help), but it was the studios, who instead of seeing 3D as a tool to enhance he moviegoing experience in theatres like surround sound, saw 3D as a way to charge extra to make more money. Theatres tried to claim the cost extra was due to running two projectors simultaneously but really it was studio greed. It put off people by putting out movies in 3D that didn’t need it, didn’t use it properly or weren’t filmed for it, or just trying to force 3D altogether like on movies like Dredd which was released in 3D ONLY in theatres (with limited 3D exceptions in some locations - which was why the movie didn’t do well at the box office - it put people off).

As a note, the Nintendo 3DS used a different passive 3D technology. The horizontal lines view angle filters so they could each be viewed by alternating eyes. Then there was a second shift control of the multiplier of the offset function, which of course bottomed out at zero.

One device for 3D content that deserves more attention is VR. In a headset, you've already got separate images going to each eye, so with a high enough resolution it looks as good or better than a 3D tv, for significantly less. Oculus TV has some decent 3D videos, but it's unfortunate that now we've finally got the perfect display, very few people are taking advantage of the tech.

Back in 2017, I realized the 3D TVs were starting to become rare and got myself a 65" LG E6 4K OLED that supported 3D. The quality of the 3D that TV produces on Bluray 3D discs is amazing! (I'm so glad I kept spending the extra money on getting the 3D versions instead of normal Bluray, despite the Panasonic plasma I had before was pretty shitty with its active 3D - the movies got new life when I upgraded to OLED.) My LG OLED is still the one sitting in my living room with a fairly large library of Bluray 3D movies.

I played passive Simulcast at a computer show - you occasionally caught a glimpse of the ‘other’ screen, but it was overall very good.

I got to briefly use a 3D tv at a promotional display at the shopping mall many years ago. The content was a pre recorded soccer match and it was very good but I knew it was going to be a niche product with those special glasses. The 3D fade came and went in cinemas which meant there was limited content for tv.

11:21 That's a creative way to say stole

instead of closing one eye, could you pop out the lens of the passive glasses and swap one lens with another pair? Two left eye lens in one frame, etc? Assuming the lens still works if you flips them over so they fit the frame.

Glad you got your sponsors straight - I remember the time you released an AMD Ryzen build guide video, sponsored by Intel. I was like "WTF?"

We took cheap passive theater glasses, popped out lenses and swapped between two pairs to achieve full screen two player games for fun. It wasn't perfect and I believe one was a bit darker than the other image wise with some visible ghosting but, there was so much potential!!!

Little known fact: Nvidia had a 3d technology with 3d drivers back in the CRT monitor times of 2007-2009. I still have the Edimensional shutter glasses that ran with those Nvidia drivers. What is more, today's 144hz cheap monitors have all the speed to support flawless shutter glasses-based gaming

the reason I want avatar 2 to succeed is to bring back 3d tvs. we didn't have the hardware or bandwidth back then to make it a pleasant experience. but with qd oled, 4k/8k, h.265 encoding.... I feel like we can finally have 3d not suck

In my Past I had a Elsa errazor 3 with Shutter Glasses and it worked great. The Software was able to change every Game into a 3D Game, so I Played Team Fortress (Classic) under Half Life (1) and the Particles was in the middle of the Room. You could even do Screenshots, but if the Screenshots and the Setting of the Glasses not fit it has not work. For the dual Layer Games, where you just can use one Eye, theres a simple Trick by taking 2 Glasses and remove the Filters, then add the 2 left and the 2 right Filters in the Glases. With this 3D not longer work but you see the screen with both Eyes, for 3D you use normal Glasses again.

I had one and I loved it. Playing Gran Turismo 5&6 with a wheel was amazing. Watching Edge of Tomorrow, Tron Legacy and many others was equally as good as anything in the theater. Of course I had a high-end 120 Hertz 4K TV. 1080 3D did indeed suck.

The only time that 3D had really, REALLY impressed me, was watching Pacific Rim in 3D in theaters. That convinced me that it had the potential to be great. But then I also saw Prince Caspian in 3D in theaters, and that was just 3 flat layer effects that looks incredibly cheap and added nothing to the experience, so yeah it's easy to mess up and hard to do right. But those rare times it was done great, were some fantastic experiences.

I once had a 3D Sony laptop with active glasses. I think it must've been the 'Sony VAIO F Series 3D'. I must say it was pretty incredible. As it was running Windows, almost any game could be converted to run in 3D, and it was super immersive. I remember playing a WW2 tank game that just looked insane in 3D. All in all though, it lasted 9 months before the GPU overheated and was damaged as a result. I got an insurance payout and ended up with a Macbook... I needed something reliable at the end of the day. But the 3D gaming was amazing...

I remember my dad getting one. Mind you, we could barley afford anything at the time. But he still got that 3 thousand dollar tv and 3 150 dollar glasses. My sister and I got told VERY clearly to put the glasses on and leave them alone, and to never EVER touch that thing. Playing mw2 , black ops, bo2 and birds of steel on that thing was a blast though. Oh Rock Band Blitz was a jam too.

14:23 Jake is talking about muxing.

They key to great 3D experience was to have a home projector supporting it. I remember playing Trine 2 (it had a special 3d mode) with my girlfriend and it was absolutely mindblowing.

19:20 I must say Nintendo with the New Nintendo 3DS improved a lot 3D viewing angles thanks to a mode in the camera that allow it to rectify the image in real time as you change angles. The problem with it is, that the technology Nintendo used I don’t think would have been viable for more than one person to view the content

I still have an active 3d Samsung from 2011 and with regards to films I think the issue was the drive to make things come out of the screen where the best content was when 3d was used for depth and one of the best I found for that was the film documentary of the Isle of Man TT races titles TT beyond the edge, the sense of speed is just phenomenal.

Still rocking the last LGOLED with passive 3D, the C6 at 4k. IT was phenomenal.

I just recently watched Ready Player One in 3D and I honestly found it to be super nice. Sad this tech went away before it fully matured.

I found the most enjoyable content to watch on my 3DTV were documentaries that were filmed with IMAX 3D cameras, I think the latest BBC Blue Planet was 3D and a few others, I remember watching a deep sea one and the seaweed floating in the ocean water was absolutely amazing. Most of the gaming and content that was up converted to 3D was usually pretty lame, it worked, but it felt gimmicky and long duration 3D consumption was notorious for making you feel super bug eyed afterwards.

I remember COD Black Ops and going into settings for SbS setting and popping on my active 3D glasses and I remember it being sooooo cool looking down the site of a gun.

3D mapping world heavily depends on the active technology, especially when using Trimble UASmaster to create stereo images for data capture or for DAT/EM Summit Evolution 3D data capture with ArcGIS desktop ArcMap, this technology is a main element for this kind of mapping and 3D data production. Unfortunately this tech's support was discontinued, so we're back to 2D mapping with simple 2D displays and simple 2D images, I'm so happy that i had the privilege to work in a photogrammetry company that used this tech heavily, i so happy i had this experience because people definitely lack the understanding of stereo image and models, which is something very impressive and so awesome to experience with. Hope this tech returns someday.

Love the video and I love what you guys do! I will say, however, that comparing something like the 2012/2013 Panasonic Plasmas with the Active 3D to the LG OLED with the Passive 3D and with the similar movies (or even the BD Imax 3D films) would've been a more accurate representation. The Active 3D on those Panasonics pop like you wouldn't believe whilst also giving off incredible depth. I luckily still have my 60ST60 to this day and still love the 3D too. Passive is also pretty amazing, especially with that OLED. But, I find the active shutters combined with the Panasonic definitely gives you far more depth with original formatted 3D content than the passive. Love the channel. Keep up the amazing work. 🤘

I’m happy to see all the love for 3D here and pray that LG or Sony release a 3D TV following the new Avatar. Even if it must be watched on Blu-Ray instead of 4K I would but it.

The active shutter glasses were amazing. In the early 2000's I used to go to IMAX for shows all the time because the 3D with shutter glasses was an incredible experience. Once they got rid of them and switched to non powered polarised glasses... I stopped going, the downgrade in the 3D effect killed 3D for me.

Picked up an 55" LG 1080P passive 3D TV in 2014. Loved it and still have it hanging in one of our spare bedrooms. Was great technology that we used frequently but sadly did not last.

My first HD TV ever was a Samsung 40" bought in 2014 and was an active 3D TV. I was highly sceptical after the craze started with Avatar but films like Gravity made me warm to the format. I really really hate that the PS5 and PSVR2 completely ditch 3D support because there's still so many discs to watch.

3d cod was fucking amazing, 3d in home avatar was insane, I think this amazing concept was introduced at the wrong time, I hope to God it makes a very hard comeback