3D cinema

Depth-perception movies

3D cinema is film technology that creates the illusion of depth, making images appear to project toward or recede from the viewer.

Audiences typically wear special glasses that deliver slightly different images to each eye, mimicking natural binocular vision.

The technology has cycled through waves of popularity since the 1950s: The movie was released in 3D but I saw the flat version.

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