3D Glasses Don't Work for Me!

[JuJuJasmine]

I am so bummed. Went to see Spy Kids 3D yesterday as a "warm up" to the 3D experience for my DS's 4&5 - especially for ITTBAB.

There must be something funky with my vision (admittedly, I do have a mild "lazy eye") but I had a terrible time watching the movie. It was like everything was out of focus. Is it going to be like this at the WDW 3D attractions? Do you use the paper glasses to bring the WDW 3D to life?

Please help! I ended up with my eyes closed for most of the movie yesterday because my eyes were just going wiggy on me.

JuJu

 

[cleo]

Do you use the paper glasses to bring the WDW 3D to life?

Without the glasses you'll see a fuzzy movie with red and blue 'shadow lines'. Disney provides sturdier plastic glasses, but they are the same general idea.

It IS possible a lazy eye will disrupt the effects (especially if your eye tends to drift a bit). I had a problem with one of my eyes due to a trauma injury and wasn't able to correctly focus at 3-D movies for a while. It corrected itself with time, but for a while it was almost dizzying watching 3-D shows.

 

[SueM in MN]

3D movies "trick" your eyes into seeing 3D by presenting 2 slightly different views of the same picture. The 3D glassses help the eyes to focus the 2 different pictures together so that the brain sees one image with depth, so it looks 3D. Without the glasses (or if your brain can't process the information being received) you will see what cleo described. The glasses at the WDW 3D movies are polarized lenses, both sort of a grey color. I've seen some for other movies that have one blue or green and one red lens. The different glasses might make a difference for you.
I don't know if this will work, but it's worth a try. Keep the glasses on, but cover or close one eye. It might put the movie in focus (just not 3D since you are only seeing it with one eye).

 

[JuJuJasmine]

SueM -
I was doing the "one-eye shuffle" during the movie yesterday. It brought it into focus then I just had to chose between the blue or the red version of the film.
Ju

 

[>>^..^<<]

Try to relax and not concentrate so hard on the images... you may be focussing in too hard, straining to see the effects instead of just relaxing your gaze and letting them happen.

How did your kids do? I took a while for my DD6 at the time, to get used to the glasses and images.

>>^..^<<

 

[feenie]

I can't see 3-d very well out of the red and green glasses. I do ok with the ones at Disney though. Both lenses are grey. (I don't know what kind they had for spy kids). I was NOT looking forward to any of the 3-d but ended up being pleasantly suprised.
Don't ask me how it works or what the difference is thought!!!

 

[m&m's mom]

Can you see anything in 3D?
If not your "lazy-eye" may be exactly the problem. My DD has been tested since birth for this. If your eyes do not work together (stereo vision as our Dr. calls it) you will not be able to discern 3D objects. This commonly occurs when 1 eye is stronger than the other. Our Opthamologist said my DD will not be able to be a Fighter Pilot but other than that no consequences.
If you are over 9 YO, which I assume you are, than not much that can be done.

 

[elemusing]

We also went to see Spy Kids (I slept through level 3 of the movie - ha ha ) yesterday. I have never been able to see 3-D. Even at WDW, the 3D movies don't really have an affect for me. And remember those images that were really popular at malls, etc. in the early 1990's? The ones you stared at and people could see images in them? I could NEVER see one. The only time I saw one was at a friends house and I stared at it many times before I saw it. Anyway, I think I have funky eyes or something. Oh well.

Angie

 

[Seahunt]

Where were you sitting in the theatre? I love the 3D stuff, but made the mistake of sitting closer down front one time and couldn't focus at all - from then on, I have made sure that I choose a seat in the rows about in the middle and have never had a problem again. Just a thought!

 

[JuJuJasmine]

We were in the middle, center.

DS5 had no problems and loved the 3D.
DS4 wore his glasses on top of his head most of the time but didn't complain.

Angie - We can start the Funky Eye Club as I, too, have problems seeing what's "really" in those pictures.

MUST be because of the lazy eye.

Ju

 

[HugsForEeyore]

I'm glad you posted this, as I have the exact same problem! The Muppets and Tough to be a Bug were pretty blurry to me, and I just don't see the effects well. And yes, I have lazy eye, too! So maybe that has something to do with it ........ hmmmm. I always wondered if everyone saw what I was seeing, then what was the big deal about 3D movies? But I guess most people see far better than me!

Also, I went to Isles of Adventure, and the Spiderman ride was a complete blur. I just could not see the effects of 3D, and just remember the car jerking around alot! I would not ride it again, even with a short line that day. But .... one good thing is, I remember Terminator 3D at Universal as the only one where I finally saw the 3D - so at least once I got a good view!

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[kilee]

I can't see 3-D either. I however am 100% blind in one eye from a head injury when I was a child. I do however, still enjoy the 3-D movies/rides at Disney. During some of them I actually can sit there and chuckle at the people around me watching there reactions to things they think are right in front of them.

There are so many other great "suprises" during Disney's 3-D rides, that even without the effects I try not to miss them.

 

[elgerber]

I have not seen any of the 3D movies at WDW, my kids didn't want to try them yet on our last trip. However, I just came back from seeing Spy Kids for the 2nd time (UGH!! can't believe I sat through it again) and both times I thought it was blurry and the effects didn't look like that much. They have the red and blue glasses for this movie. Only a couple of times did I really see the effects floating in front of me. I thought maybe it was the crappy glasses, or the effects weren't so great. My dd put her glasses on for the first time ( she was too afraid on the first viewing) today, and she was jumping left and right. Now I don't know if she is extra sensitive or if I just can't see it well either. Guess I won't know for sure until I get back to WDW in December.

Erika

 

[travelgoddess]

I also have a lazy eye, and I don't get the full effect of 3D movies.

 

[Jordan's MOM]

Disney 3-D is nothing like the Spy kids movie 3-D!! I love all the 3-D movies at WDW and was looking forward to taking DS to see the new spy kids movie. I hated it. It was the cheap red-green glasses and the whole quality of the movie was very poor .It gave me a head-ach.

My DS has some major vision issues and has poor depth perception, one eye much more inpared than the other and no perrifial vision. He did enjoy the movie very much and he LOVES all the 3-D movies at WDW. I am not real sure what he sees and it's had to get him to describe it to me. I ask him if the stuff jumps out and he says he's not sure. He does jump in all the right places in it's a bugs life, so I just don't know.

Jordan's mom

 

[dahirsh]

Try the shows at WDW.

I never tried any other 3D experiences and had concerns about whether the effects would be lost on me when I went to WDW in '99/00. My glasses correct the vision in my right eye to better than 20/20, but my left eye is something like 20/200 with glasses.

I have no problem with the 3D shows at WDW. I've seen all three more than once each .

Deb

 

[Terry S]

I was having problems at Spy Kids as well, but have not had any problems at the WDW 3D, so go ahead and give it a try. I think it had something to do with the Red and Blue of the glasses at Spy Kids, the ones at WDW are grayish.

I had such a headache after Spy Kids, it seemed as if when I finally started to adjust to the glasses, they had me take them off.

 

[Ecdubfan]

We took our kids to see Spy Kids today and I could barely pick up any 3-D effects. I don't know if it was the glasses, my eyes, or the film quality. I also had a headache about 1/2 way through the movie. While at WDW, I have no porblems at all with the 3-D attractions.

 

[Banzai]

Originally posted by elemusing
We also went to see Spy Kids (I slept through level 3 of the movie - ha ha ) yesterday. I have never been able to see 3-D. Even at WDW, the 3D movies don't really have an affect for me. And remember those images that were really popular at malls, etc. in the early 1990's? The ones you stared at and people could see images in them? I could NEVER see one. The only time I saw one was at a friends house and I stared at it many times before I saw it. Anyway, I think I have funky eyes or something. Oh well.

Angie

Magic Eye! The Disney glasses use a different principal than the ones at Spy Kids: 3D. So they may work!

 

[copper0426]

My DS 7 years old has strabismus (lazy eye) in his left eye. We took him to see Spy Kids, he didn't seem to have a problem. Now my husband and I were like what is wrong with these glasses. I enjoy the Disney 3-D movies. I get most of the 3-D at Disney, like Muppets when Mickey is right in front of you at the end, or the bouncing on people's head scene comes up. But sometimes have trouble with the other parts like the pie in the face at the beginning. DS ever since he was able to watch the movies has been watching and grabbing for things in front of him ( or so he thinks they are infront of him) He does wear prescription glasses and just weres the 3-D glasses over his own.

My husband says that the Disney movies and theaters are made specifically for there 3D shows, so maybe that has something to do with it too.

Diane