History of 3D Stereoscopic imagery

The Australian Film Tv and Radio school (AFTRS) presented a four day Masterclass on 3D stereo filmmaking 12-14 October 2010. Hosted by leading Australian cinematographer Peter James, the class explored the parameters and the world of shooting in 3D. Below is the slide presentation from the lecture I gave looking at a history of 3D and the historical aesthetic implications of 3D space for the art of cinematography. I am most certainly a 3D skeptic - largely seeing it as a desperate attempt to salvage a failing business model (see earlier post here) but the history of Stereoscopic imagery as a phenomenological experience is downright fascinating.

A potted history of the 3D experience on Prezi