Science Confirms The Obvious: 3-D Movies Aren't All That
3-D Glasses White House / Pete Souza Anyone who's ever grumbled about dropping an extra five or 10 bucks to see a 3-D movie, rest assured: It probably wasn't worth it. A forthcoming study says what those of us who secretly hate 3-D movies (wearing 3-D glasses over your regular glasses sucks) have been thinking all along—people aren't more satisfied after watching a 3-D movie than they would be after watching the same movie in 2-D. The researchers surveyed some 225 patrons who went to see the movie Thor at a suburban cinema on a weekend in 2011. Though viewers judged the 3-D experience to be more perceptually realistic, and were less distracted during the 3-D movie than its 2-D counterpart, there was no difference in how satisfied people were by the experience. Previous studies in the lab have shown that when...