recently there has been a surge in the number of 3denabled products like televisions cameras and notebooks could this be the new big thing in the geek mainstreamit has been around for ages but has rarely been considered more than a special effect accessory we are talking of 3d which hit the headlines more than 50 years ago when the house of wax opened to full houses in the us and people lined up to see images jumping out at them from the cinema screen pundits all over the world had hailed the arrival of a new era where people could get into what they were viewing on their television screens and in cinema halls and then it all went phut theatres did not take too kindly to keeping viewing glasses handy for cinemagoers there were frequent breakages and the big filmmakers stayed away from 3d technology considering it more a stunt than a trend and 3d films spluttered to an end india too had its brief flirtation with 3d cinema in the mid1980s with the likes of chhota chetan and shiva ka insaaf but here again it was only a brief dalliance even in the hitech new millennium 3d became more a matter of depth being added to an image on screen rather than letting viewers feel that they were a part of the image itself finally herehowever the past few months have seen that change radically with 3d suddenly becoming a rage perhaps the single biggest contributing factor to the return of 3d has been the success of avatar whose 3d version did not restrict itself to stunts like bullets flying out of the screen but just sucked the viewers into the pandora ecosystem making them feel as if they were inside the film hot on its heels have come other films like clash of the titans and alice in wonderland that have used 3d to the hilt to attract viewers and for the first time tech product manufacturers have jumped on to the 3d bandwagon we now have televisions notebooks cameras and projectors and even some mobile phone handsets that claim to deliver a 3d experience to users for a rajkumar country general manager dsc fujifilm india which launched a 3d camera recently the interest in the technology is natural our eyes see subjects in 3d and therefore it is quite natural that imaging technologies are also developed keeping in mind the human vision which is thought to be perfect in consideration he says its the experience factor thats created the demand for the entire ecosystem to add the third dimension to the viewing experience says nishant goyal head of sales south asia nvidia the company which launched 3dvision a year ago experience and immersion seem to be the keywords behind the revolution for s rajendran chief marketing officer of acer india its the extra dimension that makes it a completely immersive experience 3d products will be a hit among the entertainmentoriented consumers who love their movies