Fashion always works between 2-D and 3-D, creating flat shapes, which are then put together, constructed into 3-D.
The film will also be available in 2-D, 3-D, Imax and Imax 3-D, all at the rate of 24 frames per second.
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First up is Amherst takes on Mary Hardin-Baylor in the D-3 title game, followed by Drury and Metropolitan State for the D-2 title.
The early 3-D leader, Japan's Sharp Electronics, has sold 3 million mobile phones that transform 2-D photographs into 3-D images using screen filters and software.
Meanwhile, the company is trying out 3-D movies and other 3-D content on the upcoming 3DS handheld, which can display games in 3-D without the user having to wear special glasses.
One of them, Mr. Cameron's sensationally successful "Avatar, " showed that 3-D could be great, but established the principle, or so we thought, that the only authentic 3-D was so-called native 3-D the process of shooting a film from the outset with two cameras and two lenses.
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So 3-D enthusiasts conclude that the drop in 3-D revenue did not come from a lack of interest, but from a lack of 3-D screens.
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When 3-D comes to television sets, the studios will also have the option of charging more for 3-D DVDs and reissuing their libraries in 3-D.
By February, 45.5 million Avatar tickets had been sold for 3-D and Imax 3-D showings of the movie according to Box Office Mojo.
"The idea of working from 3-D information to 3-D construction is one of the key areas of research, working from body scan data and then linking that up to a knitting machine, " says Black.
The bottom screen is 3 inches and is a touchscreen, like that of the Nintendo DS. A 3-D depth slider on the right side of the top screen lets you control how much 3-D effect is shown, from completely off to fairly deep 3-D.
"The window in which 3-D looks 3-D on that screen and doesn't appear fuzzy or make you feel cross-eyed, is extremely narrow, " he writes.
"If you want 3-D, 3-D games are available today on Xbox 360 and will continue to evolve, " a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement.
There are a number of DVDs in 3-D, but no Blu-ray 3-D media out yet.
Offering the best stereoscopic 3-D(1) visual experience without compromising 2-D content, the 17.3-inch HP 3D Ultra BrightView Display provides crisp, 1080p full HD(2) viewing and an ideal visual experience for 3- D Blu-ray content.
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The company will be showcasing a new stand-alone device -- the portable Nintendo 3DS. The handheld game is expected to feature glasses-free 3-D, which has hardcore gamers wondering just what 3-D on a small screen will look like.
He said he was very busy: there was a deadline looming for the release of a new handheld device with a 3-D display that requires no 3-D glasses.
With two lenses, the camera on the handheld can take pictures in 3-D, and display them in 3-D as well.
But Nintendo's cooling attitude toward glasses-free 3-D signals a deeper problem: Even once you remove the pesky glasses, the novelty of 3-D wears off.
BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on their computer screen, including contour lines and elevation profiles.
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He said the gaming system's 3-D image is comparable to those from 3-D animated films.
The film, based on the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar, was shot in 2-D but turned into 3-D after filming.
Soon to come: 4-D, which is 3-D with the added dimension of time -- the same area shot over and over.
The tablet can't display 3-D on its screen, but like the phone, the G-Slate can be connected to a 3-D TV set.
If the trend of people going to see the movie in 3-D continues, Hugo could be a turning point for 3-D which has recently fallen out of favor for many viewers.
There were rumors of problems on the film and when Sony announced it would push the movie from its December 22 release to early January in order to convert it into 3-D, the plan stunk of desperation (especially since 3-D conversion had created such disastrous results in Clash of the Titans).
But in order for 3-D to become a true money-maker for the industry the way that DVDs once were, 3-D has to move out of the theaters and into the home.
Also look for news about 3-D gaming, which is taking a cue from the success 3-D has had in movie theaters.
The 3-D printer maker Stratasys went so far as to seize a 3-D printer it had rented to the gunsmiths at Defense Distributed when it found out how they were planning it use it.
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He has explored crystal growth, and developed, with a specialist in nature-related algorithms, a 3-D program mimicking the way crystals actually grow over millions of years (with this particular program, he and the scientists he has been working with made virtual crystals grow directly on a ring-like structure on their computer, almost instantly, then manufactured them with a 3-D printer).
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