August 6th, 2007 @ 6:48 am
IMAX 3D
IMAX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are two methods to creating the 3D illusion in the theatre. The first involves polarization. During projection, the left and right eye images are polarized perpendicular to one another as they are projected onto the IMAX screen. By wearing special eyeglasses with lenses polarized in their respective directions to match the projection, the left eye image can be viewed only by the left eye since the polarization of the left lens will cancel out that of the right eye projection, and the right eye image can be viewed only by the right eye since the polarization of the right lens will cancel out that of the left eye projection.
Brian and I finally got around to seeing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(spoilers) and it was basically awesome. The 3D stuff was pretty good, especially the fights and scenes in the hall of prophecy. The IMAX at Tinseltown isn’t as great as some of the other IMAX’s I have been too but it is still fun and only a bit more than a regular movie ticket at $10.
Maryland Science Center at Baltimore, Maryland’s Inner Harbor: Touch Wonder is where I first experienced IMAX. I remember it as being massively huge, where as the one at Tinseltown seems kinda small and flat. This may have been because I was much younger, or just because the Science Center is so awesome overall.
