Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Superbowl Ad with FREE Glasses!

Roll up, roll up and grab your pair of free 3D glasses from Pepsi/SoBe Life Water displays at 28,000 locations including grocery, drug and electronics stores and big-box retailers.

A taste of things to come?
Word is that NBC will distribute 150 million pairs of Monsters vs. Aliens branded 3D glasses in preparation for the 3D advertisement broadcast during the Superbowl on February 1st.

My Bloody Valentine 3D Trailer. Movie released January 16th!

Billed as the most frightening 3D motion picture event to tear through the screen, My Bloody Valentine 3D certainly looks set to be a film that will make an impact, even if it is then forgotten almost right away.

Feast your eyes on this shock and awe trailer, if you haven’t caught it already, and prepare to rock along with a lady friend to the theatre on the 16th; because nothing says “date movie” like a 3D ride to hell!

I’m interested in seeing the reaction of the crowds after Jan 16!

Because nothing says “date movie” like a 3D ride to hell!

3D Television Soon to be a Reality for UK Viewers?

With 3D TV displays causing commuters to stumble off escalators in Shanghai’s Metro city and the BBC reporting 3D TV is just around the corner, we’re entering a new age in visual entertainment. Sky also mentions 3d tv is imminent, demonstrating their technology.

Using its High Definition set top box attached to a Hyundai 3D enabled TV, Sky have demonstrated a 3D TV system designed to be delivered direct to UK homes.

Sky’s 3D system works on the same principle as IMAX 3D technology. Polarising glasses filter one of two slightly different images (one for each eye), fooling the brain into thinking it is viewing an image in three dimensions.

It is difficult at this moment in time to judge whether or not Sky are serious about introducing a 3D system for consumers. Interest in 3D has ebbed and flowed for a good few years now and Sky might just be judging consumer interest along with the latest wave of manufacturer interest. LG, Philips, JVC and Panasonic are all working on 3D systems in some shape or form.

Sky have been filming a number of sporting events in 2008 with purpose built 3D cameras. Although you need the special 3D glasses the technology works with an unmodified Sky HD box. 3D TV’s are not currently available in the UK although a number of manufacturers plan to exhibit the technology at this January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

It remains to be seen whether home 3d television is the way of  the future, but it’s an exciting new technology that’s worth keeping an eye on.

While consumer interest in 3d in general has ebbed and flowed over the years, a technology that provides convincing three dimensional visuals without the use of conventional clumsy cardboard glasses then a diminished interest may well be revived again.

Meanwhile, there are a collection of decent 3D movies available at Amazon that come with glasses and offer an impressive experience on your existing tv and dvd player.