A Brief History of 3D

3D is the latest technology we have seen in the row of TV screens. But What if we are told that 3D technology has been invented long ago, even before the invention of Television?!  Well, this actually is the reality. Here is a brief history of 3D, from which Samsung has developed the 3D TV over time.  

 The history of 3D technology: 

David Brewster

1844 – David Brewster ( photo ) introduces the Stereoscope, a device that creates the illusion of depth by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye.

1851 – A 3D photo of Queen Victoria is displayed at The Great Exhibition in London.

1855 – The Kinematoscope (Stereo Animation Camera) is invented.

1915 – The first anaglyphic movie is produced (this is the type of image that appears red and blue when you look at it without 3D glasses).

1922 – The first 3D film shown to a paying audience, The Power of Love, premieres at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

1935 – The first color 3D movie is produced.

1947 – The first Russian 3D movie, Robinson Crusoe, is produced.

1952 – Touted as the world's first feature-length 3D movie,Bwana Devil is released in the USA and heralds a short-lived boom in 3D movie production.

1953 – Two groundbreaking 3D movies are released: Man in the Dark and House of Wax. The latter is the first 3D movie released with stereo sound, and is directed by André De Toth—who has only one eye.

1953 – The Three-D Follies appropriately becomes the first 3D film to be cancelled during production, signaling the end of the 3D boom.

1960 – September Storm is the first anaglyphic movie released in the Cinemascope format (essentially an extremely large wide-screen).

1981 – Comin at Ya! is released in anaglyphic format using the "over and under" process (where two views are printed on a single frame, one above the other). This film launches the 3D boom of the 1980s that includes Amityville 3-D, Friday the 13th Part III and Jaws 3-D.

2009 – James Cameron's film Avatar, shot with the Fusion Camera System he helped develop, is hailed as the best 3D film to date and helps push 3D towards the mainstream.

2010 – The world's first dedicated 3D television channel, South Korea's SKY 3D, launches with side-by-side 1920x1080i resolution.

2010 – The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) features prototype 3D televisions from most major manufacturers including Samsung.

Timeline courtesy of mediacollege.com , Source: Samsung TV Portal