well, those issues pretty much cover it; future...
Yeah, there is a tug-of-war between the movie studios and the theaters on who is going to pay for the glasses and you pretty much covered the range of issues. In the end, it seems like the cost is or is going to be passed to the consumer as a separate purchase.
I think 3D movies is going to be the big direction as theaters look to maintain revenue. Because of this, production/consumption of scale will probably make the glasses commonplace at theaters within a few years. When you go to the theater, you'll just remind yourself "don't forget the glasses"...
I see a few options:
1) Buy your own from an online outlet, the movie theater, Best Buy, WalMart, etc. Then, just don't forget them when you go to the movies ![]()
2) Movie theaterss can rent out "nice" glasses that are cleaned between uses - addresses if you don't want to buy or forgot your own.
3) To compete with renting them, make them especially cheap that can be sold at the theaters - addresses if forgot your own.
I'd really like to know what companies produce the glasses...
Best,
Shalin
My son and I went to see Up! yesterday. They gave us nice plastic 3D glasses, each sealed in a plastic bag. It was my first modern 3D movie. Afterwards, they collected the glasses on the way out -- my son, who saw Bolt and other recent 3D movies with his father, was not surprised that they collected them, but I had questions, and have even more after doing a Google search about this topic:
--do they hand them out again? If so, do they clean them first or am I possibly wearing glasses that were on someone else's face?
--what I read on the internet says that some theaters are charging for glasses, some movie studios are forcing theaters to charge for them, some theaters are refusing to show movies in 3D after going to the expense of getting the rest of the technology in place, only to find that the studios are not providing the glasses but expecting people to pay for them.
To me, I guess I'd like my own pair. I wish I'd asked if I could keep them last night, I'd just bring them to each movie and not have to worry about being charged extra or wearing glasses that sat on someone else's mug.
I wondered if anyone knows about this. I'd like to learn more, it seems like more and more movies are coming out in 3D.

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