But if Hollywood starts making more 3-D films, Carmike could see a big jump in revenue.
If Avatar is a bona fide hit, studios will start pumping out many more 3-D films.
As more 3-D films hit theaters, the glow is likely to wear off.
Fourteen more 3-D movies are scheduled for release this year, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which Warner Bros is also converting from 2-D.
Aliens, even though it was showing on many more 3-D screens.
Looking to get the jump on Apple, Google announced new features to Google Maps on Wednesday, including more 3-D images and the ability to use the product even when you're offline.
That means moviegoers can expect to see films with broad international appeal (more action and visual comedy, fewer movies about baseball and football), franchises like Twilight, and more 3-D movies, which command a higher ticket price.
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.
Other new features will include more detailed 3-D mapping of urban areas.
If ticket sales fall off a cliff, they might need to re-evaluate converting more films into 3-D.
They can surely put on a pair of glasses to make it even more special. 3-D computer games should appeal, too.
Gaskins points out that as 3-D printers drop in price, more customers are able to purchase these machines and can make 3-D prototypes themselves, rather than sending the drawings to Proto Labs and wait for the results.
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Omar Khan, the strategy chief for Samsung Telecommunications, said mobile devices will be more valuable in the 3-D space as a way to capture content in that format, rather than to view it.
LaBeouf was able to ask for more money upfront but because the movie is being filmed in 3-D, it should earn even more than Transformers 2.
The Japanese game company plans to fend off competitors by partnering with media publishers that can offer more games and movies in 3-D.
More televisions that can show 3-D are popping up on the market every day (and consumer electronics companies are wisely not charging a premium for the added technology).
The decision will probably mean more to the future of 3-D than anything since Avatar because it will give audiences faith that the studios are only putting out quality work.
But even prior to its redesign its store of uploaded blueprints doubled since the beginning of the year, with 8.5 million downloads and half a million since August, far more than any other consumer 3-D printing platform.
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The journey is far more frightening for being rendered in 3-D, which makes the space vividly dramatic.
If the cap gains tax were cut to 15%, we'd see a more rowdy 3.5% to 4%.
Apple is going to have to offer the multitasking and the 3-D, and more, just to keep up.
Advancements made in the way consumers will interact with their computing devices were also demonstrated, including natural and more immersive interaction experiences using a 3-D depth camera.
The MakiBox attempts to simplify 3-D printing for a more consumer-friendly experience, by lowering the price and reducing the complexity of assembling the devices and minting objects.
While "The Avengers" fared better, with a little more than half of sales coming from 3-D tickets, it's not even close to the 83% 3-D revenue that "Avatar" enjoyed in December 2009.
Today 15% of screens in the U.S. can show 3-D movies, with 500 more added every month.
Consumers will need more demonstrations like this initially, especially since 3-D content has been slower in getting out.
Using a new 3-D chip design that stacks more capacity in the same amount of space, Matrix claims that it can deliver packaged content faster and less expensively than masked ROM and avoid the moving parts that plague discs.
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