William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026Or we can look at seeing entertainment in person versus on a screen. People have many reasons for going to see live performances, but never once have I heard somebody say they went to a play or a concert because they wanted it to be in 3D. 16/ 100
William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026So in sum: 175 years of history shows that stereoscopic 3D is a fun toy and a very bad basis for a sustainable industry. If we all work together, we can create another 40 year gap in money wasted on unachievable 3D futures, just like we had between the first wave […] [Original post on sfba.social] 221
8 @octarine-wiggle.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026@williampietri I love 3D toys. I for one do not want to pour cold water on exuberance for them. * 3D movie hype was directly informed by the TV manufacturing industry searching for growth after the move to hi def flat screens from CRTs plateaued * ViewMaster fairy tales were magic when I was […]mastodon.auOriginal post on mastodon.au 100
Stacey Campbell @stacey-campbell.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026@williampietri Wasted? I guess in the big picture, yes, but it kept my bills paid for a year or so. petapixel.com/2018/09/28/red-and-fa…petapixel.comRED and Facebook Unveil Manifold, a 3D and 360° VR CameraRED and Facebook have unveiled Manifold, a new VR camera for shooting 3D and 360° imagery. It's a "first studio-ready camera system for immersive 6DoF 000
