# Anyone with convergence issues - can you see the 3D in Avatar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-convergence-issues-can-you-see-the-3d-in-avatar/523272 "2010-01-01T06:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-convergence-issues-can-you-see-the-3d-in-avatar/523272/1 "2010-01-01T06:32:30Z")
I have issues with convergence of my eyes (Exophoria) and I was never able to see the old type of 3D. Has anyone else with similar issues tried to see it in 3D? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-convergence-issues-can-you-see-the-3d-in-avatar/523272/2 "2010-01-01T07:56:35Z")
Please, _please_, **please** , do a search for “avatar.” There are three or four threads already dealing with this type of thing. Such as this one: [The 3D in Avatar - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=545947) This one: [Avatar: How much do you have to wear those stupid glasses? (No spoilers) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544841) or this one: [If I can only see out of one eye, will the 3-D movie "Avatar" look weird to me? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544357) or this one, which doesn’t have the word “avatar” in the title: [3D at an angle - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544515) In short, if you don’t use binocular vision to see the real world in 3D, then you won’t see any 3D effects in a 3D theater showing of _Avatar_ or any other movie. However, if you’re going with friends or relatives, you can put on the glasses and effectively see a 2D version of the movie while watching together\*. If going alone, don’t bother paying the 3D surcharge. \*: Some people may benefit from some sort of eye-patch to thoroughly disable the 3D projection. It is my opinion that theaters should have designated glasses that have the same filter on both lenses for people with 3D problems, but if wishes were horses… ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-convergence-issues-can-you-see-the-3d-in-avatar/523272/3 "2010-01-03T08:34:34Z")
This makes me wonder… for people that can’t resolve binocular depth of 3d glasses, why/how can they parse the two different images caused by parallax in the real world? ---
**Author:** ![Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donovan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-convergence-issues-can-you-see-the-3d-in-avatar/523272/4 "2010-01-03T11:51:10Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > This makes me wonder… for people that can’t resolve binocular depth of 3d glasses, why/how can they parse the two different images caused by parallax in the real world? from this in cafe society: [If I can only see out of one eye, will the 3-D movie "Avatar" look weird to me? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544357) we have this post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11904992&postcount=22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11904992&postcount=22) > [@If I can only see out of one eye, will the 3-D movie "Avatar" look weird to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-can-only-see-out-of-one-eye-will-the-3-d-movie-avatar-look-weird-to-me/521705/22): > > …I would say that a one eyed person still has 3-D vision in most circumstances. Although regular two eyed people get _some_ depth information from the disparity between the images in their two eyes, they also get a LOT of depth information from parallax. In real life, we are always moving about, moving our heads and our eyes, and when we do that, nearby things seem to move relative to the background more than things further away. Unconsciously we pick up on that. We all use it to judge depth, and it is probably more important, in real world vision, than binocular disparity… sounds plausible to me…