Everyone has heard of the new 3D craze if not seen a 3D movie. The blurry red, green, and blue pictures corrected by glasses with red and blue lenses have been around for a while now.
Well, a problem arose for me a couple years ago. I have a lazy eye, and it makes it difficult to focus through both lenses of glasses. Being the poor child I was, my parents never took me to a 3D movie or attraction when I was young, so I never thought I anything of whether or not I could actually see the pictures.
Sad stories aside, I first encountered a true 3D attraction in Disney's Epcot when I moved to Florida. I couldn't see anything different. I just saw red and blue pictures separated from each other. I had met a friend with a lazy eye as well that year and I asked her if she had the same problem. Turns out she did. However, hers was a little worse than mine. Then, my art class had a 3D exercise using the red and blue glasses to create an abstract piece that 'popped.' I couldn't see that either. Last month is Compositing and Scene Finishing, we had an entire lecture using the glasses. I was furious at this point, afraid that my future would be in jeopardy because I wouldn't be able to see 3D. Creating assets for movies would be in vain if I couldn't see what I was making!
Well folks, after a trip to Busch Gardens and my curiosity to see a Sesame Street short, where polarized glasses were given out, turns out that I can see 3D after all! Polarized glasses are the key! I hope that this means more people with my condition can see the amazing possibilities 3D has in store. I always though 3D was a gimmick, but after seeing Resident Evil 4 I now see the potential (which by the way was my first 3D movie, not the greatest for my first time, but whatever.)
So for all those 3D seeing-handicapped persons out there, I hope you will be able to experience the same things I did!
Good Luck!
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