I had really hoped that by now our greatest inventors would have been working on the flying car technology I was promised in Back to the Future II, but alas, they are spending all their time on making 3D TV. I guess I’ll take that. I was skeptical, but after seeing Avatar I can say for certain that this isn’t your dad’s 1950’s monster movie 3D experience. Instead of crazy things flying at your face, this kind of 3D makes you feel like you are in the movie itself. And it sounds like very soon this could be a reality in your own home, though I have to say if it moves as quickly as my cable company’s ability to add one HD channel every other year, I won’t hold my breath.
British Broadcaster, Sky TV, is unveiling it’s 3D TV endeavors in a special nine pub screening of the Arsenal VS Manchester United soccer game, breaking into an entire world of major sporting events presented in 3D. That’s great an all, but what kind of scene would it be to walk into a bar filled with red and blue covered eyes? I just hope they take them off before heading to the loo. Just think of the potential law suits after bar patrons fall and bang into things (even more than usual) when wearing pub-issued 3D specs. I’m just saying.
Don’t get me wrong, I am excited. Those things TV and movies promised me would be happening certainly are, ever so slowly. So I suppose I’ll take 3D TV for now, but I’m holding out for hologram phones. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.
The question is will the referee have the advantage of increased depth perception or will he be as blind as ever?