3-D television was heralded as the breakthrough technology of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Hot on the heels of James Cameron’s eye-opening Avatar, 3-D HDTVs were everywhere on the show floor.
One year later, at CES 2011, 3-D was back again — this time iterating. We saw bigger 3D HDTVs, 3-D displays that didn’t require special glasses, and camcorders that captured 3-D content.
But where is 3-D now? It’s certainly not showing up big on our CES 2012 radar, and now looks like over-hyped technology in hindsight — especially to those of us who always thought 3-D’s natural home was in the movie theater, not the living room.
Indeed, a variety of obstacles — high prices, a lack of 3-D content, and uncomfortable viewing experiences — have kept 3-D TV adoption in the single digits nationwide. Manufacturers and content providers are working to address these issues, but one has to wonder if 3-D was nothing but a flash in the CES pan — a technology story rather than anything consumers actually wanted.
In 2010, consumers purchased a paltry 1.1 million 3-D TV units, and although sales have grown in the two years since, the widespread 3-D fervor that TV manufacturers were anticipating never took root.
Via: Wired.com
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