Recently, we went to see Toy Story 1 & 2, which were both re-released in glorious 3D at last!
I’ve always thought that any computer-generated movie could easily be converted to 3D – it’s basically a matter of telling the computer to re-draw everything from a few inches to one side of the original viewpoint (that, and having twice the processing power!)
Pixar’s master plan is to release Toy Story 3 (in 3D) next summer, June of 2010. I really hope they bring back the ‘1 & 2 in 3D’ double-feature again just before then, as a two-week release was just not long enough; what better way to warm up for the all-new adventure?
More 3D fun with friends… and everybody looks so cool in those anaglyph 3D glasses!
A newly-elected President Obama, his wife Michelle, and friends enjoy a 3D broadcast
of the 2009 Super Bowl in the White House home theater room. Now that’s high-tech!
Here is my latest creation – a much smaller, lighter version of a digital 3D camera. I chose these because their lenses are aligned with the tripod mounting holes (so I can go vertical if desired), their zoom controls didn’t cover up the connections I needed to solder inside, and they are cheap, so if they bit the dust during “modification”, I wouldn’t be too sorry. They focus & sync with a great deal of accuracy. The biggest problem I had was cramming the new wiring into the housings, as there’s no extra room in there!
Here’s a recent brainchild in my world of 3D – a twin Panasonic DSLR camera rig fired simultaneously with a homemade electronic switch. This particular rig is quite heavy & bulky, but gets great shots with lots of options! For the sake of convenience, I started with a home-made twin rig made of smaller automatic cameras, and have since improved on that. Shooting the two images simultaneously, I then manipulate them in Photoshop to produce a single “anaglyph” file, viewable with common red/cyan 3D glasses. I’ve worked hard to remove the ‘ghosting’ so common in a great deal of 3D photos, especially color ones!