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This final note from a forthcoming study in the journal Media Psychology confirming something that has been clear for a while now.
Audiences are no more satisfied after watching a 3-D movie, than they are after watching the same movie in a mere two dimensions.
There are all sorts of subtle psychological factors they looked at. But two tangible explanations:
$17 per 3-D ticket;
And those glasses are just really uncomfortable.
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