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Julio Roberto
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From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 11-30-2008 08:20 PM
A few studies show that aprox. 8% of the population have some eye problem that affect their stereopsis perception.
Stereoscopists have long agreed that, for many different reasons, most of them medical (amblyopia, strabismus, etc), about 10% of the general population would NOT enjoy (or even dispise) stereoscopic 3D projections.
On the other end, there is a number of people (which I haven't read any studies to figure out what percentage) that have very little trouble fusing stereo images and no eye-strain from separating convergence and focus (something that never occurs in nature, only when watching stereo images that are focused on a screen at some distance but are to be fused at a convergence point in front-of or behind said screen).
Just to give a general idea, of the 3D projections I have done, I'd say about 10% of those watching have no problem whatsoever with even bad presentations (extreme ghosting, huge convergence angles or even DIVERGENT ones, vertical parallax, etc).
So for a minority, 3D is great and without shortcomings. Those people just don't understand what others are complaining about and don't understand why doesn't everybody just love 3D.
For another minority, 3D is painful, bad, and not satisfying (or even perceived) at all.
For the rest, it's somewhere in-between.
So a few people would not want to miss a show in 3D and would go out of their way to actually watch it. They would even watch a movie ONLY for the 3D, even if it's bad. They'll even hapily pay a higher ticket price.
Another similar set of people would NOT make any effort to watch the movie in 3D and, given the choice or any advantage (such as cheaper price), would much rather watch it in 2D.
For the rest of the population, 3D may add something but not enough to make them "3D fans".
Those that enjoy 3D movies the most are usually young people with supple visual systems (children 9-13, their heads are smaller than adult-size therefore their eyes are closer together therefore they see an exagerated 3D effect since it has been shot with the eye-separation of an adult in mind). But other types might also enjoy it, such as people with unusually large heads that are used to fuse "difficult" images with large parallax due to their eyes being so far apart from each other, i.e.).
I have also found that people that watch stereo films for the first time often get a more satisfying feeling that quickly wears out after they've see a few films and start to complain of eye-strain, etc. Once the novelty wears out, they no longer want to put up with dim images, uneven/mismatched illumination/color (silver screen axial aberrations), ghosting, flickering, you-name-it.
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