Stereoscopic 3D

Documentary Success

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Imax and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the documentary adventure Born to be Wild 3D crossed the $20 million threshold at the global box office, exclusively in Imax theatres. Since its release last April the film has generated $15.5 million domestically and $5.5 million internationally from 297 theatres. Born to be Wild 3D is scheduled to open in additional theatres worldwide in the coming months.

Space Junk 3D Crashes onto Screens

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Just as the crippled Russian satellite, Phobos-Grunt, threatens to fall from our sky, the film Space Junk 3D opened in Imax and other giant screen theaters in both 2D and 3D this week. The movie, directed by Melissa Butts, is the first to explore the exponentially expanding ring of manmade debris that threatens the safety of our planet's orbits, 22,000 miles above earth.

Wildlife Experience Celebrates 3D Reopening

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The Wildlife Experience is a wildlife conservation museum in Parker, Colorado about ten miles south of Denver. The museum houses an extensive collection of natural history exhibits, paintings, sculptures, photography, and, today, one of the largest 3D screens in the United States. The sixty-foot wide screen auditorium is celebrating its grand reopening following an upgrade to digital 3D, which is enabling it to launch a new line-up of content including Turtle Vision 3D, Sharks 3D, The Alps and Heli-Skiing: Living the Dream.

Secrets of the Tomb

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The Mummy of Nesperennub – still intact – is making a transatlantic journey to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia for an exhibition spanning four months. Teams from both museums worked on creating the new display, using 3D projection technology to create an even deeper and more realistic experience for visitors. The latest chapter in this mummy’s extraordinary story unfolded last month. The show is narrated by Patrick Stewart and covers many new discoveries unseen to the visiting public before now.

Millenium Point Cinema 3D

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The Giant Screen at Millennium Point in Birmingham, UK reopened its doors last month, with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's The Adventures of Tintin in 3D. After transforming from Imax to digital, the cinema at Millennium Point is now the UK's largest independent giant screen digital 3D cinema.