With 798,000 pairs of disposable plastic glasses doled out per day at the peak of Avatars popularity, the many 3-D films headed to the theater in 2011 may not be good news for the planet.
Getting your own pair of reusable 3-D glasses will offer you an improved viewing experience and comfort, as well as help you look less like a dork, especially now that 3-D screens are coming out of the darkness of the movie theater.
3-D entertainment is breaking out of the movie multiplex. Once youre with your mates watching 3-D sports events in bars and clubs, its just not acceptable to wear glasses that look like they have been handed out by some Stalinist health care service, says Stuart Newman, development dir! ector of Moshka 3D.
Weve found seven pairs of stylin, RealD-friendly, passive 3-D glasses suitable for movie-goers across all budgets. Have a look through our gallery and let us know which pair you might consider sporting at your next trip to the movies.
1. Oakley 3D Gascan
Sunglasses super-brand Oakley has hopped on the 3-D wagon with its HDO-3D "Gascan" models which bring some futuristic chic to your movie experience. They are available in black and white, as well as a limited edition Tron-themed pair which, at $150, we'd perhaps think twice about splurging for.
Cost: $120
2. Look3D LK3D252GC
Look3D brings the fake gilt finish with these specs that might entice even the hippest of hipsters to a 3-D screening. With much thinner frames than your average freebie glasses, and much thicker lenses, you should see better, and in greater comfort, wearing these.
Cost: $30
3. Polaroid Premium 3D Glasses
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Polaroid offers some sensibly-priced 3-D goggles with a variety of styles to suit. Designed to last, they're a more environmentally-friendly option than your disposable movie theater freebies, boast a curved lens for a wider viewing angle, and are lightweight and comfortable to wear.
Cost: $30
4. Calvin Klein Eyewear
If you like designer labels, then consider Calvin Klein's high-end options. The "ck3D" sunglasses come in three men's and three women's styles. They boast "photocromic" capabilities, which means that they change to proper sunglasses when contacted by light, while retaining all that RealD 3-D goodness indoors. It might almost justify that designer price tag.
Cost: $180
5. Moshka 3D Airframe
These lightweight avi! ator-sty le shades don't take themselves too seriously, but offer all the tech specs (circular polarised lenses for use with passive 3-D sources) that you need. Available in white, black, pink and red, the Airframes are simply fun.
Cost: 21.99 (approx $35)
6. Gucci 3D Glasses
The highest price prize in our round-up goes to Gucci, which asks $225 for its 3-D viewing apparatus. We work out that for this price, you could go to the cinema approximately 22 times. Or, buy these and just go once, but look really cool doing it. (Popcorn sold separately, of course.)
Cost: $225
7. Look3D LK3D9042GC
Affordable, and boasting a gorgeous vintage design befitting the rich history of cinematic 3-D, the only thing we don't like about Look3D's LK3D9042GCs is that clumsy product number name. We'd call them "Eugene."
Cost: $27.50
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