Originally posted by FullertonImages It's not just your mind that won't tolerate 3D, it's you body. And it's not just you, it's everybody.
I tend to agree.
E.g., Avatar was nice but also stressful to watch (for me).
Actually, I did until two weeks ago.
Something happened which changed my mind or at least let's me reconsider it.
I had the opportunity to have a quick evaluation of the new Toshiba 55" 3D and 4k flatscreen. There shall only be a few devices in Germany right now. It is 3D without glasses and supports up to 8 viewers tracking their eyes and adjusting a programmable microlens array made of liquid crystals accrdingly.
In 4k mode, the lenses are flat and the image is 2D. To say watching photos at full 8MP resolution on this screen is "breathtaking" doesn't do it justice. But that's a different story.
My point is this: Watching 3D in HD was without any stress to my eyes and body. It felt totally natural. The effect wasn't as striking as with polarizing glasses, but OTOH, it felt so native and unobstrusive that all of a sudden, a 2D screen felt like lacking something. Like if you watched color TV for the first time in your life and moved back to B&W.
So, this was the experience which makes me think it over. I always thought 3D is the current hype going away soon enough. Maybe not this time though...
Needless to say this Toshiba screen is an engineering marvel. btw, it is expensive. But still a lot cheaper than some of Canon's recent dSLRs...