How to Make 3D Glasses; A Stereoscopic Revival

Homemade 3D Glasses Beyond Hannah Montana

Why would anyone want to know how to make 3D glasses when they can be had for a buck and change at Wal-mart? Because the latest news isn't that the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert aired this weekend on cable, or that 40 million 3D glasses were made for the stereoscopic wonder.

The 3D news, and questionable stock tip, is that American Paper Optics, LLC plans to make and sell one billion more 3D glasses within five years, according to Market Watch. In 18 years of business, APO has not yet hit the one billion mark. Meanwhile, die-hard DIY-ers rather know how to make 3-D glasses at home. Old technology meets new.

Homemade 3D glasses - How to make them or get them.

Perhaps only non-geeks born before the '80s find this urge to make 3D glasses amusing, those for whom the mention of "3D glasses" inspires flashbacks of Jaws 3-D, the movie. Times have changed as has stereoscopic technology. So instead of learning how to make 3D glasses, check out the 3D ready Samsung Plasma TV via Gizmodo -- Get it and the 3D glasses are free.

If you're short a few pennies, you can visit NASA to learn an easy way to make the homemade 3D shades with sunglasses. (How to make 3D glasses -- NASA). Don't forget to add some bling.

New 3D movies - Better than before

If you've been out of the cinematic loop, interest in 3D glasses, homemade or otherwise, resurfaced in 2005 with Walt Disney's Chicken Little, viewed with a more eye-friendly technology called Real D. Yet, the animated film held a limited showing to under 100 3D-ready theatres. Conversely, Hannah Montana's 3D concert was seen at 683 theatres*. Deals were reached in Hollywood last Spring aimed at equipping 10,000 movie screens over the next three years. *

Many new and improved 3D movie experiences await.

Though you don't see New Yorkers donning cardboard glasses in the photo, the New York Times reports ten 3D movies thus far slated for 2009, including Avatar, Piranah, and Monsters vs. Aliens. With newer technology, classics will be available in 3D as well, the first released earlier this month.