iPhone 3D: Stereo Photography and 3D Movies for the Rest of Us
3D isn't just for Hollywood blockbusters - at least that's what
Apple is hoping for with its latest revision to the iPhone. The
3D Movie Craze of the 1950s 3D movies were not invented in the
1950s, but that was the era when the first became a cultural
force. Bwana Devil poster 3D movies exploded onto the scene in
the 1950s as movie theaters looked for something to offer that
television could not. The 3D craze began with Bwana Devil
(1952), the world's first feature length color movie in 3D,
featuring such gimmicks as a lion jumping into the audience. The
movie was a smash, Hollywood took notice, and the Golden Age of
3D Movies was off and running. House of Wax poster The next
breakthrough was House of Wax (1953) with Vincent Price, which
was not only 3D but also the first movie with stereo sound. But
by the end of the 1950s, 3D movies were on the way out because
movie theaters had something else to offer viewers that TV
couldn't duplicate - widesc