2-D Glasses

[ElbertF]

I see we've finally come to a full circle. Here's a device to view the entire world in 2D: http://i.imgur.com/BjY53.jpg.

[noonespecial]

But that's... piracy(1)! Its just like stealing.

(1) Aahrrrr.

[finebanana]

doesn't work, still looks 3D to me

[mnnttl]

But wouldn't work with 3D movies. The advertised glass is for 3D movies and not regular perception.

[pmichaud]

Shenanigans: http://www.petermichaud.com/about/

I will kick your ass at pingpong. Science, Fuck Yeah!

[storborg]

You can hack these up yourself from the "Real 3D" glasses given out at most 3D theaters.

    1. Obtain one pair of glasses
    2. Pry apart at the seam with a putty knife or small flathead
    3. Remove one of the gel lenses
    4. Flip it over and put it back in, note the areas that need to be trimmed
    5. Trim with scissors
    6. Reinsert gel, stick the plastic back together

There will be a slight bit of ugliness where the gel filter doesn't quite take up the entire cutout area in the plastic frame, but they work well.

[speleding]

Actually, it's probably easier to get two pair of 3D glasses and then swap the left eye of one with the right eye of the other. No trimming needed.

(Edit: come to think of it, there may be some trimming needed if the left and right glasses aren't the same shape but in that case flipping them over would probably work unless they are curved)

[TeHCrAzY]

I really hate when designers use flash for basic text elements without some sort of backup text behind it. My proxy blocks flash, and this results in a very broken website.

[haribilalic]

It's sIFR[1]. It was one of the more popular techniques for embedding custom fonts into pages, before CSS-based web fonts. It should degrade gracefully without Flash; it does for me, using ClickToFlash with Safari.

1. http://novemberborn.net/sifr3

[hartror]

I block flash by default and only enable it on a site by site or case by case basis.

[technomancy]

They should make some special glasses for viewing web pages without getting headaches from flash.

[kgermino]

I just hope 3D never becomes so pervasive that I actually have to buy one of these... Bookmarked just in case.

[afhof]

Obligatory 1D Glasses: http://jpgdump.com/files/5798.png

[iwwr]

Those look like Eskimo bone glasses, made to cut down on glare from the snow.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Inuit_Gog...

Note that if the slit is narrow enough, it will still focus light thought the pinhole effect (also giving you polarized light (if the material is electrically conductive)).

[shasta]

0D glasses - http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00ivNEORGlaqgf/Pastel-Jum...

[ivank]

Their FAQ says "Do 2D Glasses work at IMAX theaters? Alas, no. IMAX uses a different technology than normal movie theaters so 2D-Glasses will not work at an IMAX theater."

Anyone know how IMAX is different?

[Cushman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX#IMAX_3D Wikipedia suggests that IMAX 3D uses either linear polarization or LCD shutter glasses. Obviously 2-D shutter glasses wouldn't be very practical, but the polarization glasses (which I think is the standard?) should be just as feasible as the circularly polarized glasses used by RealD.

Come to think of it, normal polarized sunglasses should work as linear polarization filters assuming they line up the right way.

[thirdhaf]

More than a decade ago I was an IMAX projectionist and I believe that linearly polarized glasses would work. Unfortunately these are circularly polarized.

In this Ohio theater they used a belt and suspenders approach where both polarization and timing were used to create the 3D effect. Left and right eye frames were projected through polarized filters and the projector itself was constructed so that one of the shutters would always be closed while the other was being displayed. The headsets handed out to the audience were active; they had LCD lenses and an IR receiver which would align the timing to the projector's.

This was purportedly done to increase decrease the "crosstalk" between the two eye views and worked quite well.

* Edited to reflect Cushman's observation on circular vs linear polarization.

[mx12]

IMAX 3D uses linear polarized light, whereas RealD uses circularly polarized light.

[Groxx]

Thinkgeek has some as well, a fairly recent addition: http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8be/

[whackedspinach]

It's an April Fools Joke.

[blameslz]

This is great. I have amblyopia (= lazy eye) and I'm practically blind in one eye and when I have 3D glasses on I only see red stuff but now with these glasses from what I understand I will be able to watch 3D movies (even though I won't get the 3D experience) when there's no 2D version for it

[DrStalker]

If by "red stuff" you're talking about the old red/blue 3D then 3D technology has come a long way since then; both eyes get a full colour image. If you only see out of one eye then the regular glasses will be all you need, you'dd get just the image for that eye in full colour.

[hammock]

This is not mine, I just thought it was such an obvious and useful innovation the second I saw it.

[ddrmaxgt37]

-Watch a movie -Get two 3d glasses -Take them home and hack them into one -Voila free 2D glasses.

[PanMan]

Can't you just wear polarised sunglases for the same effect?

[chalgo]

Kermode did this in January 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2010/01/how_to_enjoy_...

[gohat]

This is the type of breakthrough idea that you look at and wonder why you didn't come up with it.

This could really help fight the rising incidence of 3-D media watching associated dysphoria.

[jcarreiro]

Wouldn't wearing these reduce the perceived intensity of the screen quite a bit?

[alanh]

No more than 3D glasses (which do)!

[ikamal]

it's like close one eye with 3D glasses ?

[grantg]

2-D Glasses == Sunglasses FTFY

[yhlasx]

Sounds like joke.

[oniTony]

This was actually one of the April 1st jokes on Think Geek this year.

[drivebyacct2]

Flash for menus? Tacky.

http://k.min.us/ik7yRo.png

[cypherpunks01]

Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/880/