After announcing that Home on the Range would be their last hand drawn feature and in fear that Pixar would not re-sign for a new distribution deal, Disney went to work on Chicken Little.
[2] In 2008, Journey to the Center of the Earth became the first live-action feature film to be shot with the earliest Fusion Camera System released in Digital 3D.
Because the entire movie is basically a 3D model, it only takes twice the rendering time and a little effort to properly set up stereoscopic views.
In November 2005, Walt Disney Studio Entertainment released Chicken Little in digital 3D format.
The system had a card slot that provided power to a single pair of LCD shutter glasses, allowing certain games to be viewed in 3D; however, only 8 3D-compatible games were ever released, and when the system was redesigned in 1990 in order to cut down on manufacturing costs, it lost the ability to support 3D.
In July 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy, built around a 3D viewer held closely to users' eyes, acting like a pair of goggles.
When the unexpected 3D box office success of Avatar — combined with a record twenty 3D films released in 2009 — produced a presumption among TV manufacturers of heavy consumer demand for 3D television, research and development increased accordingly.
Samsung launched the first 3D TV in February 2010, with the release — via selected retailers — of a 3D starter kit that comprised a Samsung branded 3D-capable High Definition player and television, with two pairs of its 3D glasses, an exclusive 3D edition of Monsters vs. Aliens, along with a discount on the purchase of three other 3D movies.
In June 2010, Panasonic announced Coraline and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as bonus 3D titles with the purchase of any of its 3D TVs.
Although the only option available in 2010 was active shutter technology, TV manufacturers (notably LG and Vizio) in mid to late 2011 would offer passive circular polarized glasses, while Sony announced a 3D technology ostensibly requiring no 3D glasses at all.
In December 2009, it was announced that they had adopted the Multiview Video Codec, which would be playable in all Blu-ray disc players even if they could not generate a 3D image.
[4] In 2008, the BBC broadcast the world's first live sporting event in 3D, transmitting an England vs. Scotland rugby match to a London cinema.
[5] On April 3, 2010, Sky TV broadcast a Chelsea vs. Manchester United match to around 1,000 pubs in the U.K.[6] ESPN 3D launched on June 11, 2010.