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> the 3D versions of major blockbuster movies do well in theaters. Did well, past tense. 3D movies peaked in 2010 and box office sales declined annually. By
by cptskippy 6y ago
> the 3D versions of major blockbuster movies do well in theaters.
Did well, past tense. 3D movies peaked in 2010 and box office sales declined annually. By 2019 they were less than 50% of their 2010 peak. TV makers stopped making 3D TVs after 2016.
You're right that 3D TVs were just high refresh rate TVs but they have to sync with shutter glasses so you can't easily do 3D without TV support.
The latest HDMI spec supports variable refresh rate so in theory you could now make a player capable of handling the shutter sync.
It was a fad just like in the 50s and 80s. It lasted longer this time but yeah 3D is dead.
- mgerullis 6y ago> Did well, past tense. 3D movies peaked in 2010 and box office sales declined annually Which is around the time the author wrote the first article
- cptskippy 6y agoThe first article was written in 2012, box office numbers peaked in 2010. Everyone was wowed by Avatar in 2009, and then less impressed when the best 3D movie of 2010 was Avatar: Special Edition. Almost no one cared about 3D movies in 2012 and it was only industry momentum and sunk cost fallacy that kept things going for as long as it did.
- crtasm 6y agoAlso how many of those 3D ticket sales came from people who'd be fine with/prefer 2D but didn't have the option.