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Stubbed

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:28:52 +1300

Re: Hoktika, you've made the news.

http://www.greystar.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3988&Itemid=41

Priceless.

Sacha

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:58:16 +1300

control that player

Oh yes. Loop the whole thing, blend players from different eras. Motion capture, anyone?

pollywog

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:50:34 +1300

imagine being able to watch replays that put you on the field in the midst of the action

imagine being able to control that player in the midst of the action...oh hang on:)

Sacha

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:47:50 +1300

immersive visuals

And look at the head start we could have with both Weta and Virtual Spectator born in this land.

Sacha

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:41:50 +1300

Have they just hired some people to stand at the front and throw things at the audience?

Bit of blue bodypaint and some platform shoes and no one would know the difference, I tell you mate

Sacha

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:40:22 +1300

3D live sports? Can't see it being big.

If it's done right, I totally disagree. Getting good audio to go with the immersive visuals might be a problem, but imagine being able to watch replays that put you on the field in the midst of the action as well as…

pollywog

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:39:42 +1300

apparently they cut a hole in the screen so you see actual west coast bush when supposedly looking at pandora.

Hadyn Green

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:30:22 +1300

So I dont think the cinema in Hokitika is really showing it in 3D.

Have they just hired some people to stand at the front and throw things at the audience?

Steve Curtis

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:55:05 +1300

The upgrades required for a cinema are to the screen and a digital projector, around $100,000 plus.
So I dont think the cinema in Hokitika is really showing it in 3D.
The posters may claim otherwise.

pollywog

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:15:10 +1300

the nelson one upgraded specifically for 'avatar' and the 30 other 3d movies due this year. combined with the upgrade to digital sound last year, it made for quite a treat.

Hadyn Green

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:04:07 +1300

While vacationing in the Bay of Plenty over the break, I was told that the cinema in Te Puke is one of the best in the country

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:48:05 +1300

Avatar is apparently playing in 3D in Hokitika... (and Nelson and Tauranga, Mt Maungauni, and Te Puke).

Which makes it increasingly silly that Dunedin doesn't have it.

Jamie Anstice

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:42:27 +1300

Avatar is apparently playing in 3D in Hokitika... (and Nelson and Tauranga, Mt Maungauni, and Te Puke). It's not just the big smoke (and Hamilton),

Hadyn Green

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:02:49 +1300

Gizmodo explains how all the different types of 3D work. Including the glasses-less version which seems to use...luminous spheres

Lucy Stewart

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:01:31 +1300

Hey Lucy, I just counted 9 cinemas in Auckland showing it in 3D, so it shouldn't be that hard to find a seat, even in Ch'ch.

Nope, definitely only two in Chch unless the Rialto or something is showing it, which I find unlikely.

Ben Austin

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:45:24 +1300

I had to book in October to get tickets to see Avatar at the Imax in London. Now that I want to see it again it seems I won't be able to get seats till the end of the month.

I have heard that the 3D experience is still pretty…

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:45:38 +1300

As far as I can tell Avatar is only showing in 3D in about five cinemas *in the country*

..and Chartwell in Hamilton, where it has been booked out for days.

Stewart

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:05:02 +1300

Hey Lucy, I just counted 9 cinemas in Auckland showing it in 3D, so it shouldn't be that hard to find a seat, even in Ch'ch.

Lucy Stewart

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:51:05 +1300

As far as I can tell Avatar is only showing in 3D in about five cinemas *in the country* (two Hoyts in Auckland, one Reading in Wellington, a Hoyts and a Reading in Chch) so unless I've missed any major chains, the selling-out is really not very surprising.

*Edit*: I…

Don Christie

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:09:13 +1300

i feel sorry for all those one eyed people

Ah shit. Those poor cantabs. Feel their pain.

pollywog

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:48:44 +1300

Then again, I'm still incredibly jealous of those places that'll get to see the All Whites thumped in one extra dimension.

i feel sorry for all those one eyed people

Kyle Matthews

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:45:53 +1300

See 3D games would make craploads of sense. That's a massive market just waiting for a winner. Halo 3-D where the bullets come out of the screen straight at you? You could double the price on the game and still sell craploads as long as the hardware (3D TVs I…

Hadyn Green

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:26:29 +1300

And Sony have just announced that the PS3 will play 3D Blu-Ray discs as well. So expect 3D games in 2010 as well.

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:26:29 +1300

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