Three-dimensional cinema has been attempted since 1922, with the first film, “The Power of Love,” using red and green anaglyph glasses. TV manufacturers are now working to perfect a true 3D experience for home viewers and gamers. Recent successes include U2’s digital concert film and “Avatar.”
Three-dimensional cinema has come a long way in nearly 100 years, but widespread commercial success has been elusive. Today’s TV manufacturers have picked up the hunt and are working to perfect a true 3D experience for home viewers and gamers, without the need for cheap cardboard glasses. The first viable attempt to wow audiences with 3D came in 1922, when a film called “The Power of Love” was shown to audiences for the first time, all wearing those iconic red and green anaglyph glasses which allowed them to see two matching film strips. The silent film premiered on September 27 of that year at the Ambassador Hotel Theater in Los Angeles and viewers had the option of seeing either ending, looking through one side of the 3D glasses or the other, depending about whether they wanted a happy ending or a tragic one. It was never shown again.
Love lost and love found:
“The Power of Love” made a brief comeback a year or two later, shown in New York City in 2D format under the title “Forbidden Lover”. Both versions are presumed lost.
“The Power of Love” was the only film released in a two-camera, two-projector stereoscopic format developed by Harry K. Fairall and Robert F. Elder.
3D’s most recent successes include U2’s groundbreaking 2008 digital concert film, as well as the release of the popular sci-fi film “Avatar,” billed as a major breakthrough for the technology in 2009.
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