James Cameron says he knows what led to the downfall of 3D TVs

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 James Cameron, the world-famous director and #1 advocate of 3D movies, says 3D TVs failed to take off because—get ready for it—audiences watch movies at home differently than they do in the movie theater. 

«I know why all that failed because there was—what they did was they jumped into 3D trying to cash in on the boom at theaters and treat it as a feature,» Cameron said to IGN(opens in new tab) in a recent interview promoting the re-release of Avatar in movie theaters. «So, they did 3D, but they did it with glasses that needed to be recharged and all that. Whereas just over the horizon was glasses-free, large flat screen TVs which actually look pretty good.”

3D TVs were the talk of the town when they made a big splash in 2010 during CES(opens in new tab). Those sets required using 3D glasses that needed regular charging in order to operate. They were also a bit of a pain to wear, especially for anyone who wore regular glasses. Interestingly enough, the Avatar: Limited 3D Edition Blu-ray's home release spearheaded the 3D TV craze, with most department stores using that movie to demo a TV's 3D support. 

So what was it about 3D that didn't catch on? Cameron blames the „imperative to manufacture [glasses-free TVs], and the additional cost required got out of step with the market demand.“ The Terminator 2 director explained that home viewers „don’t want anything that distracts them from multi-tasking and/or socializing with other people that are in the room with them.”

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