I have to admit that even though I’m not overly fussed on the whole concept of 3D in the home, I’d still like to win Sony’s 3D home promotion. They’re offering one family in Australia the chance to host a Sony-themed house party, where they’ll kit your house out with the latest Sony 3D gear, invite celebrities and Sony Music artists to perform in your back yard and pretty much leave your house completely 3D’d.
The party is set to happen on June 2, which means there isn’t too much time to enter. But if you want to essentially get a 3D home theatre installed in your home for nothing, this could be one of the best ways to do it.
To mark its release of 3D in Australia, Sony is searching for its first “3D family” to host the launch of Sony’s 3D World on 2 June 2010. As well as playing host to celebrities and VIPs, the 3D family will receive a complete suite of Sony 3D products.
Just as it was when colour television arrived in Australia, the launch of Sony 3D will bring families, friends and neighbours together in the lounge room and will be a key milestone in home entertainment history. No one knows 3D better than Sony, and as a company that is all about home entertainment, an Australian home is the perfect place to launch Sony 3D in this country.
Grant Burton
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:26 PMyawn! not going to happen!
Andrew Taylor
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:27 PMI am staying away from the 3D thing until research about the effects on depth perception is completed. Researchers are madly trying to figure out the effects on 3D TV on humans. 3D glasses tricks our brain into seeing one image when there are really two, thus effecting our depth perception. Apparently it takes about 10 mins after a 3 hour movie (say Avatar) for a depth perception to go back to normal. But the effect of watching 3D TV hour after hour, night after night, could potentially damage of depth perception for forever.
Namarrgon
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 4:04 PM[citation needed]
We have two eyeballs; our brains are quite used to seeing one image from them. You should be asking yourself, what is the effect on depth perception of watching *2D* TV for 3 hours? Surely it’s far more unnatural to confuse our brains with depth cues like perspective while contradicting that with no stereopsis at all. How long does it take to adjust back to real 3D after that? Did we do studies showing that 2D TV is safe?
3D stereo is 170-year-old technology. I’d be startled if we suddenly discover massive health risks we somehow never noticed before. It’s also self-limiting; if something gives you a headache or blurry vision, you tend to stop doing that.
You can watch what you like of course, but I’d advise further research before spreading unverified and alarmist rumours.
Shane Perry
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 2:09 PMcan’t they just give me the 3D stuff and then leave?
hell i’ll set it up myself if its not an issue.
seriously i fail to see the point of having a big noisy musical party in your backyard when i’m probably going to be inside playing with all my cool new toys.
Matt
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 2:15 PMI agree. I wouldn’t buy a 3D tv right now but if I won one I’d glady accept my prize. :)
Can Sony really claim “No one knows 3D better than Sony…” considering we haven’t seen what their TVs are capable of yet?
welbot
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 2:15 PMI would so enter this, but I’ll be in Shanghai til the 6th :(
Joshua
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 3:40 PMHouseparty? Windows 7?
Mick
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 4:56 PMImstaying right away from 3D until that produce a screen that doesn’t require the goofy glasses. You know someones got to be thinking it up.