Comment on Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise
jedibob5@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The thing that I think a lot of people forget about the first Avatar is that it was pretty much the first big blockbuster to be available with those RealD 3D glasses. I distinctly remember wanting to go see it so I could check out RealD and find out if it lived up to the hype.
Of course, it had the James Cameron name recognition, so it was probably going to be pretty successful regardless, but I don’t know if it would have been quite so record-shattering if it weren’t for the novelty of RealD, combined with the higher ticket price of 3D showings.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, one of the nice things about it was that not only was it proper 3D, but it was a showcase of how 3D could and should be done. If anyone didn’t watch it in 3D in the theaters, the only other option for seeing it as intended is VR now.
I’m in the camp of people that has watched it and the second one multiple times. Made sure to catch them in theater first, I rarely bother to see movies in theater. But at home I watch them in my VR theater in perfect 3D, the visuals are actually better in my setup, the sound isn’t quite what a theater would do, but mostly cuz I don’t actually like how “big” they go with the sound at theaters. I’d rather it feel like I’m there, than being so over the top. My audio at home doesn’t have to drown out a crowd of people.
I think the whole experience in VR is better than theater, the movie presents better at a reasonable volume and soundstage.
jedibob5@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I like how RealD looks well enough, but the glasses tended to give me a mild headache after a while. I’ve been able to wear VR headsets without much issue in the handful of times I’ve been able to try them, so maybe that would work better, but I don’t think I’ve actually worn one for multiple hours at a time, so who knows.
Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, when I first started VR back with my DK2, I could only wear that about 2 hours at a time. Over the years, not sure how much of it was me adapting to it and how much was VR headsets and aftermarket mods getting better, but I can and often do, spend 16 hours a day in VR now.
VR has replaced almost every screen in my life. I watch TV and movies on it, I play my traditional computer games on it(flat or 3D or fully converted to 3rd or 1st person VR), as well as my native VR games. With recent headsets being able to fully bring the real world back in and blend it with the VR perfectly, I just socialize equally with the people that are actually in the same room as me, as well as people who just -seem- like they are in the same room as me.
To me and my family, it just feels normal now, my sister is also pretty much at the same point. I got her to try it a couple years ago when she was upset that certain games she wanted to play from the couch or recliner didn’t look or run well on her Steam Deck. I was like, you have an amazing computer, you could be playing those games at 4k and not have to be looking down at your hands if you just try it in VR like I do. So she did try, and she has never gone back. She uses my Quest pro, I use a Quest 3, I only modded the pro for about 8 hours runtime, since the controllers were only 8 hours anyway. But since she is mostly using it for PC games, she is generally using an xbox controller. So she just plugs the headset into a charger at her seat. Because 8 hours wasn’t enough.
Ok, well that has veered off topic, sorry.