The Hobbit, the Uncanny Valley, and what it means for 3D

Re:The Hobbit, the Uncanny Valley, and what it means for 3D by bd on Friday December 21, 2012 @10:52PM (#4955712)

If you are on Windows, you can try SmoothVideo Project:

It's just interpolated 60 fps from regular frame rate movies but it works pretty well (it needs decent GPU for high-def videos).

I use it already for quite some time. Once you get pass the initial weirdness there is kinda no way back, 24 fps movies just feel broken.

It's similar to how computer games feel bad on underpowered graphics card, you do notice choppiness of 24 fps and it is pretty distracting.

BTW I did see Hobbit in 48 fps and it just felt "normal". So I suppose most of people complaining about 48 fps Hobbit just didn't get used to high frame rates yet (I expect for many it was their first experience). For me it took me few weeks for "soap opera effect" to wear off.

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Re:The Hobbit, the Uncanny Valley, and what it means for 3D by stephengillie on Friday December 21, 2012 @11:29PM (#4955771)

I haven't seen it yet, but the flicker of the movie is very distracting to me. Especially on bright scenes, like face-closeups. Then I can see the entire screen flicker, and I get headaches like it's 1998 again with the 60hz CRT.

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