[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is a very good primer on 3D and the current situation.]

[Expert Reviews]

Back in December 2009 the blockbuster Avatar was heralded as the biggest thing for the film industry since colour was introduced almost a hundred years before. From now on, it was claimed, the movie-going experience would be one of unprecedented levels of realism thanks to3D technology. It wouldn’t end with the cinema either. Thanks to 3D TVs, 3D cameras, 3D computer displays and 3D games consoles, the world of flat, boring images would become a thing of the past as the world on our screens became ever closer to the real three-dimensional world we inhabit.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE 1: INTRO and A FLASH IN THE PAN?
PAGE 2: VISUAL CUES and OVERCOMING THE DRAWBACKS
PAGE 3: EYE HAVE A HEADACHE and A HOLOGRAPHIC FUTURE?
PAGE 4: CONCLUSION
PAGE 5: STEREOSCOPY – HOW IT WORKS and CREATING IN ANOTHER DIMENSION
PAGE 6: 4D AND 5D EXPERIENCES and THE OCCLUDING PROJECTOR SYSTEM

See the full article here: http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1290235/3d-the-next-dimension