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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Epcot Center 3-D movie (was Showscan, Superbowl, etc)
Summary: There's better stuff...
Message-ID: <10644@well.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 89 07:29:45 GMT
References: <6313@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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Quote: "I'm not wearing any pants...  Film at eleven."  -- Kentucky Fried Movie

In article <6313@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles J. Lord) writes:
>MY two cents is that it is the best 3-D effect system I have ever seen
>and whether you like the main person in the film or not, the film is
>impressive and is a 'must see' at Epcot.
>
	If you think Captain $E0 was good, wait until you've seen 3D done
properly.

	According to Michael Starks, an international expert on 3D, Captain
Eo suffers from a number of shortcomings, chief among them being the
excessive use of negative parallax (used to get things to leap off the
screen).  Captain Ego tried to club you over the head with enormous
parallaxes when it's not necessary.  As a result, people as far back as the
middle row will have their eyes colliding into each other when trying to
focus on anything that attempts to leap off the screen.

	They also commit the unforgiveable sin of having leap-off-the-screen
objects intersecting with the edge of the film frame (whats-her-face's
talons reaching into the audience).  This causes wildly confusing information
to get sent to your brain.

	I saw the film at DisneyLand, and the only effects that were really
effective were the opening shot of the spinning galaxy, and the holographic
"video" transmission.  There are also a couple of neat added gimmicks, such
as lasers in the theatre synchronized to laser fire on the screen.  Apart
from that, most of the 3D was completely lost on me.

	Star Tours is much better.

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