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NateEag on March 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: DreamWorks releases OpenMoonRay source code

I remember watching Avatar in 3D and being blown away (both by the dreadful screenwriting and by the amazing 3D effect).

It taught me that the key you immersive 3D is to treat the screen as a window. Things have depth beyond it, but never protrude out of it.

I noticed only two shots in the movie where anything protruded from the screen towards me, and they really caught my attention.

prox on March 16, 2023 | [–]

I try to find 3d movies but so few are of them are made. And like you say, most of them are automated billboard extractions rather than actual 2 cameras.

NateEag on March 16, 2023 | [–]

s/key you/key to/

I hate typing on screens.

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