3D films comprised 12 of the top 13 highest-grossing films of this year so far, with those films amassing a huge $7.5+ billion and counting at the worldwide box office. The rest of 2014′s 3D release have likewise contributed an additional $1+ billion to date, with several major 3D release still to come that should push the finally 3D box office tally over $10 billion and likely toward the $12 billion mark.
Intel, Apple both appear to be working on 3D cameras and sensors
Samsung demonstrates a 3D camera with 360 degree field of view
NASA distributes awful 3D videos of International Space Station
These videos were shot by astronauts that were not trained in shooting 3D – since the videos feature horrendously bad parallax: Explore the International Space Station in 3D | Daily Mail Online. Nice idea, badly implemented.
Bizarre: France government agency cautions children against watching 3D
Evidence free medicine: BBC News – French health watchdog warns on 3D usage for children.
- Scholar.google.com did not turn up any papers on the subject. Pubmed.gov did turn up some papers:
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23224123 – this paper formed an hypothesis, not a conclusion – and is referenced by the government agencies as the basis for this recommendation. The abstract says “As there is hardly any information available in the medical literature on this subject it is the aim of this article to provide an overview of the technology and physiology with the advantages and disadvantages.”
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23928879 – looked at a group of people with pre-existing vision problems to understand the impact of bad 3D imagery on them. Pretty much the same in this paper – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516978
Thus, these recommendations are based on the practice of evidence-free medicine.