Greenfield suggests the problem is a combination of high prices, the novelty of the technology wearing off and 3-D eye fatigue which keeps people from coming back to see movies two or three times.

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The downfall of these so-called stereoscopic displays is that, over time, they cause eye fatigue and headaches.

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