AOC BLOG: Difference between 3D and 4D technology

The recreation of a dream with perfection is still a dream to the human kind, but the collaboration of the innovative technology with the dreams will surely take it close to the desired standard. Imagine the first ever dream sequence of the Bollywood movie 'Awaara', if you are given a chance to step-in to the dream of 'Raj Kapoor' without stumbling or recall the sequence of the movie 'Zanjeer' when 'Amitabh Bachchan' meets 'PRAN' in the police station, what will you do?

Every cult cinema whether it’s of Hollywood or Bollywood is a unique artistic presentation that can be recreated in future. The Hollywood movies such as 'Jusrrasic Park' and 'AVTAR' made a remarkable success with the help of the technology innovation taking the dream of technologically advance cinema a level ahead.

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The entertainment world has consistently experimented, innovating new ideas to come closer to recreation of the stories to cater an un-matchable experience to the audience. The 3D technology of movies and Cinema is one step closer to the idea.

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The 3D technology

In the 3D technology or three-dimensional technology, the 3D image in synchronizing with the scenes is displayed. This image creates a mesmerizing effect on the viewer by making him feel into the scene and more inclined to the story. Though the 3D technology in not very apt but it has an array of tremendous possibilities in near future not just for entertainment segment but also in almost every walk of life. It is used in TVs, laptops and other products such as sports, gaming and movies.

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The 4D technology

The 4D technology is a term used for the combination of 3D technologies synchronized with physical effects such as artificially created shaking seats, effective lights, fog machines, perfume fans, giant fans for wind, rain, breeze and other techniques. It’s quite costly because of artificially created effects, but the 4D cinema experience is amazing, transcending the way of entertainment. Customized theaters such as entertainment parks are created for 4D cinema to make it affordable to the audience.

The 3D and 4D technology has been successful in seeking attention with quite a momentum as a widely, valid and adopted entertainment technology. New technology is evolving at an incredible pace and in future we may step in to the dreams or at-least peep into your dream.

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AOC: 4D Technology

If 3D technology is not efficient enough to attract you to the theaters get ready to watch and feel the 4D technology movies. Imagine a movie that gives you an option to step-in and feel everything inside whether it's the cold breeze of a jungle from the movie 'Jurassic park' or the heat of fire directly on your face from the movie 'Ghost-Rider' or feeling the animated world of 'How to train your dragon'.

The 4D technology is all about this; it is a way ahead of the 3D technology where you find the 3D image of the movie you are watching. The 4D technology allows you to feel the scenes not just with the image in 3D but also in the weather conditions, natural happenings and via artificially created vibrating seats, effective lights, scents, fog machines, fans to simulate wind and rain breeze shaking chairs and many more techniques.

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The 4D films are actually a combination of 3D technologies synchronization with physical effects. It becomes quite costly because of artificially created physical effects are expensive to install, but the 4D films are amazing way of entertainment; 4D movies are often presented in customized theaters to make it affordable to the audience.

If you go through history the director of 1959 horror film 'The Tingler', Mr. William Castle installed buzzers in the theater seats. After a decades, for the film Earthquake in 1974 the theaters deployed custom-built Sensurround, created with bass speakers, to create intense vibrations, due to its effect a safety net had to installed by Grauman's Chinese to catch plaster falling from the roof during screenings.

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If we talk about Indian cinema, there are large number of movies that have been technically advanced such as 'Blue', 'Dhoom' and 'Krrish' etc. The experiment with the subject of the movie is rarely accepted but in-combination with the technologies these movies have created a remarkable impact with the creative use of it. Those days are not far away when our movies will become more technically advance with 4D, boasting the excellence to the world.