Roll Your Own Passive 3D Movie System with Dual Projectors

roll-your-own-passive-3d-movie-system-with-dual-projectors photo 1If you’d like to enjoy 3D movies with passive polarized glasses for less than $50,000 (the average price of a passive 3D projector), this DIY setup brings the price down to a more accessible level.

Courtesy of 3D movie and theater enthusiast Jahun, this guide details how you can achieve passive 3D projection using two radically less expensive projectors, cheap polarized filters, and some software. The project won’t be free-as-in-beer but with some careful shopping the bill will ring up at the thousands instead of tens-of-thousands of dollars.

Hit up the link below to see how he pulled off miming a $50,000 projector for less than a tenth the cost.

Passive Projection [via Hack A Day]

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