Originally Posted by nigelbb:
“OK, I tried, I really tried to like this but had to give up with a headache & mild nausea after watching the men's final live for about 10 minutes. I was sitting in a darkened room watching on my LG 60" set with active shutter glasses. My first observation is that even in a darkened room the image is much darker than the regular picture. Secondly it doesn't look like real life. It either looks like Captain Pugwash i.e. a series of flat overlaid cutouts or tiny people running around in an aquarium. I didn't see any 3D effect at all from the crowd. There was also a shimmery effect in my peripheral video. Eventually turning over to the regular presentation on BBC One HD was a relief.
What might be wrong preventing me from enjoying the experience? Is it my TV? Its it my eyes? Is it my brain?”
You're not alone. With active shutter glasses it was too dark (Samsung here). There were plenty of shots where it looked like I was watching midgets on a table. I ended up sitting much closer than normal so the TV filled my field of vision, which helped make people look closer to the right size. Unfortunately at this distance the reduced resolution was quite visible, and it didn't really look like HD.
I thought the 3D effect itself was fine - especially in-play. I was pleasantly surprised that virtually the whole programme was in 3D - made me wonder how many 3D cameras they've had around for the whole tournament.
The slower cutting style of the coverage was far better than the quick cutting style of the music video on the preview loop. No quick-depth-change induced headaches with Wimbledon.
I thought the graphic overlays (score card) and the Wimbledon logo that nearly hit you in the face were very annoying. The 3D court graphics worked well.
It was a relief to switch back to full-HD full brightness 2D. Caveat: I'm more interested in Maria Sharaopva than the tennis itself

, and not fantastically interested in either.
I also realised that tennis is very easy to follow in 2D; 3D didn't add anything to "understanding" what was happening. You already know where things are on a tennis court, without needing real 3D to help figure it out.
Whereas the 3D (especially animated) films I've seen at the cinema were quite different - there, the 3D effect really helped to understand what was in the scene, and where it was.
Cheers,
David.