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Two New Orleans-area residents wear 3D glasses for a Revenge of the Creature screening in February 1982.

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If you don't love the 3D movie experience, you're not alone

7:00am June 17, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Critic Linda Holmes has always been a 3D skeptic — the glasses are fiddly and become plastic junk, the gimmicks wear off, it gets distracting, and it introduces opportunities for technical problems.

A 360-degree camera is used to document the Khe Min Ga Zedi temple in Bagan, Myanmar.

3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

8:02pm May 21, 2018

by Laura Sydell

Historic sites around the world face mounting threats: war, climate change, natural disaster. There's a rush to use 3D scans for preservation. But experts have questions about how the scans are used.

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New Research Helps Robots See in 3-D

12:04pm July 24, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

Researchers at Duke University have come up with an algorithm that helps robots see the world a little more

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In a study that tested the vision of people from a variety of professions, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that dressmakers who spend many hours doing fine, manual work seemed to have a superior ability to see in 3-D.

Research Finds Dressmakers Have Good Eyes, And Not Just For Style

1:52pm June 16, 2017

by Andrea Hsu

In a study of people from a variety of professions, dressmakers were found to have superior 3-D vision. Could their endless hours of delicate handwork be honing eyesight?