Avatar is not the first 3D movie. Avatar led the 3D craze.

Nowadays, 3D movies are very common, especially all kinds of sci-fi blockbusters are almost 3D movies, which can make the audience immersive and bring a more real and direct viewing experience. Many people think that the first 3D movie was Avatar.

What is the significance of Avatar's high box office? What was the first 3D movie?

Actually, the first 3D movie was not Avatar, because Avatar was the first 3D movie that many people came into contact with, so people took it for granted that it was the first 3D movie in the world. In fact, there were many 3D movies before Avatar, which can be traced back to 1922 at the earliest.

According to the Bund Pictorial, the earliest attempt at 3D movies can be traced back to the beginning of the invention of movies at the end of 19. At that time, William Fries Green, a British film pioneer, developed the world's first set of equipment for showing and watching 3D movies. Until1September 27th, 922, the world's first 3D black-and-white movie The Power of Love was released at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, which was the first commercial application of 3D movies. But unfortunately, with the outbreak of World War II, 3D movies have not been further developed.

With the end of World War II, television ushered in an opportunity of rapid development. In response to the impact of the popularity of television, Hollywood began to shoot a large number of wide-screen epic movies, which also won a short golden period for 3D movies. 1952, the world's first color 3D movie "Boisne Demon" was released, with the poster slogan "The lion is sitting on your lap and the girl is lying in your arms!" Make this movie a box office hit. Companies such as Columbia, Warner, Disney, Universal and Twentieth Century Fox have joined this 3D trend.

In 1960s and 1970s, 3D movies were mainly thriller, horror and eroticism, which also attracted criticism and doubts from outside. As a result, the first bubble period in the film 3D history came into being, and the development of 3D technology encountered a bottleneck and was briefly forgotten.

1996. Director Cameron further explored 3D movies. That year, he made a mini 3D sequel to Terminator 2. The film lasts 12 minutes and costs $60 million. It was once shown in Universal Studios theme park. Although two bulky cameras were used in the initial shooting-the whole equipment was like a 450-pound washing machine, his team relied on a cable system to complete several revolutionary dynamic shots.

In 2000, Cameron got in touch with the famous Hollywood photographer Vince Pace for the first time, and then they began to develop a new 3D camera, which was applied in the 3D documentary Ghost of the Abyss the following year. Later, Cameron also produced another IMAX version of the 3D documentary "aliens of the deep" by using stereo camera system. However, when fashion was still in the cradle, this technology did not bring much change to the audience and the film industry. .

With the development of digital photography technology and IMAX projection system, 3D movies have ushered in new development opportunities. Cameron's three-dimensional documentary shooting practice during this period made him an undisputed pioneer and promoter of digital 3D. In 2004, Warner released the animated blockbuster Polar Express, and simultaneously released the IMAX 3D version, which made more than 60 million dollars at the box office in more than 80 IMAX theaters around the world. The following year, Disney Company adopted Dolby 2D to 3D technology to launch the 3D version of the animated film "Four-eyed Pheasant", with the box office nearly four times higher than the 2D version. Hollywood, which tasted the sweetness, subsequently launched a large number of similar pseudo-3D movies, but its rough picture quality also attracted great controversy.

At this time, it was Cameron who stood out. The appearance of Avatar marks the beginning of a new road of high input and high output for 3D movies. 2009 is also called "the first year of 3D" in the new era. The development of stereo photography technology has also made 3D movies enter the second golden age in history. In 20 10, with the success of Avatar, Hollywood released 3 1 3D movies, equivalent to the total number of 3D movies released between 2005 and 2008.

Avatar triggered a 3D craze and opened the 3D era.

The first 3D movie imported from mainland China was Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008. At that time, only 86 3D screens in the mainland won 68 million box office, which was already impressive! ! !

In 2009, Travels around the Flying House was also a 3D movie, which earned more than 90 million box office, showing the recognition and acceptance of 3D movies in the mainland market at that time!

Of course, the arrival of Avatar has accelerated the blowout of 3D screens and movies, and made more people realize 3D movies.

But you can't assume that Avatar is the first 3D movie in the world just because the first 3D movie you know is Avatar ~

There is no doubt that Imax is also an incarnation of fire, which shows the significance of Avatar to the whole film industry!

However, in 2005, the mainland introduced an Imax 3D movie called Polar Express. In 2007, Harry Potter 5 was also released in the mainland in the form of Imax 2D+3D. This is also the first Imax movie I saw in my outlook on life. At that time, I really felt shocked after watching it, which also made me pay great attention to this format of imax movies very early.