Resorting to "Angry Birds" and other passiveentertainment prevent people from actually engaging with others or with their surroundings, which are more proven ways to keep boredom at bay, Dr. Eastwood says.
The big question mark remaining for the 3D home entertainment push is consumer confusion from competing technologies like active and passive stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D, and the newer autostereoscopic (glasses free) 3D like the Nintendo 3DS employs.