3D movies are finally worth watching

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="My colleague Cameron Faulkner models a pair of Xreal glasses. | Photo: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/268631_Xreal_A01_Plus_CFaulkner_0001.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> My colleague Cameron Faulkner models a pair of Xreal glasses. | Photo: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Why am I suddenly buying up every 3D Blu-ray I can find after 3D became one of the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/21029499/decade-fails-flops-tech-science-culture-apple-google-data-kickstarter-2010-2019">biggest tech flops</a> of all time? </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The technology's finally ready for 3D movies to shine, more than 15 years since James Cameron's <em>Avatar</em> wowed me on the big screen and went on to become the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films">highest-grossing film</a> worldwide. Video glasses are giving me the experience I've always desired.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">I've always loved 3D movies, but viewing them was awkward. Walking into a movie theater with a pair of polarized glasses, I would only get half the resolution and roughly half the brightness, since those glasses had to split one reflected image between my two eyes. Almost every …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004131/3d-movies-are-finally-worth-watching-xreal-meta-glasses-vision-pro">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>