3D Glasses

Buy 3D Glasses-Passive 3D Glasses and Anaglyph 3D Glasses at i-3k.com to experience the best 3D Entertainment with unparalleled clarity and comfort. Passive 3D Glasses are ideal to be used as 3DTV Glasses, LG 3D Glasses, Sky 3D Glasses, RealD 3D Glasses and many other uses. All our Quality 3D Glasses-Passive 3D Glasses come complete with a protective drawstring bag and cleaning cloth to ensure that endless hours of Passive 3D fly past whilst engrossed in your favourite 3D material. Our 3D Glasses-3D Passive Glasses are multi purpose and are perfect for using at the 3D Cinema, As a gift, or at home with your 3DTV to view Sky 3D, Virgin 3D, Sky Sports 3D or with a 3D Capable laptop or computer to watch all of the 3D content available on the internet. Please read the information on this page for a complete understanding of Passive 3D ranging from the history of Passive 3D right through to the future of Passive 3D. Please feel free to Contact Us or view our TecLab for a full description of format compatibility. Welcome to the World of i-3k.com.


Passive 3D Glasses: Our most popular 3D Glasses only £9.95

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Passive 3D Glasses are becoming a must have since the ever increasing boom in 3D Cinema and 3DTV. Our 3D Passive Glasses are compatible with all passive displays and can be used with/for:-


Our stylish high grade plastic 3D Glasses are lightweight but strong to ensure long term viewing comfort with state of the art circular polarised 3D lenses to provide you with unparalleled clarity and unrivaled durability. The SuperWrap style comes complete with our branded drawstring bag and cleaning cloth and are equipped with quality 3D lenses you would come to expect as standard from i-3k.com. Easy to use and carry around you can now enjoy the 3D experience in comfort and style .



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3D Glasses: Ideal for serious film viewers £12.95

ClearView Passive Circular Polarised 3D Glasses (RealD & Sky 3D compatible) for the serious 3D viewer our ClearView 3D Glasses have all the compatibility qualities of our SuperWrap glasses but some additional features. ClearView come with high grade scratch resistant circular polarised lenses and a specially designed frame to exclude peripheral light making the 3D experience more encapsulating. Immerse yourself in the world of 3D with these top spec 3D Glasses. ClearView come complete with branded bag and cleaning cloth.



3D SuperWrap Anaglyph: Anaglyph 3D Glasses only £6.95

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Anaglyph 3D Glasses are becoming increasingly popular for many reasons. Our Quality and Stylish 3D Anaglyph Glasses are multipurpose with many uses such as:-

Quality Anaglyph 3D Glasses that are strong but lightweight to ensure the long term viewing comfort that you would come to expect from i-3k.com combined with high-grade Anaglyph 3D Lenses result in a far superior experience.
As with all i-3k 3D Glasses the SuperWrap Anaglyph 3D comes complete with our branded drawstring bag and specially designed cleaning cloth.
You can now experience 3D in style and comfort.


Passive 3D

Passive 3D as we know it today was first developed for 3D film and 3D photography in the 1930`s by a man named Edwin H. Land. Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known for co-founding the Polaroid company. It was Land who first developed inexpensive polarising light filters for film and photography; the very same technology which is used in 3D Cinemas all over the world today for polarised 3D movies. During the 70`s and 80`s this 3D technology was developed further by the military for virtual reality training. This involved simulators and specially designed head-sets that produced a virtual 3D world. These head-sets were the fore runners of today`s Active 3D Glasses, and it was from this system that the idea came for separating the source from the glasses enabling the viewer to wear 3D Passive glasses. So really we can say that the Active and Passive 3D formats come from the same source and technology. Even today both 3D systems are being rolled out to the mass market although it seems that the 3D Passive format is proving to be the more affordable and versatile of the two.

Passive 3D Today

Two years ago no one had heard of Passive 3D or Active 3D, so why is it now such big news? The one defining moment in the development of modern 3D cinema has to be the production and release of James Cameron`s 2009 blockbuster, Avatar. This epic 3D adventure catapulted Passive 3D into the 21st century with ground breaking technology and never seen before 3D effects. Huge audiences around the word made this movie a box office hit and put Polarised 3D firmly on the agenda for film makers and the electronics industry. Soon after the release of Avatar came a host of 3D movies using the Polarised 3D format. The most popular format being Real D circular polarised 3D. The circular polarised system allows the audience to move their heads about without loosing any of the 3D effects and the Passive 3D Glasses are light and easy to use with no batteries or wires. It is this simplicity that has made the Passive 3D format the more versatile and popular choice.
In 2010 we saw major investment and development from the leading media corporations and the electronics manufacturing industry in the field of Passive 3D. Most notably Korean electronics manufacturing giant LG who have been championing the Passive 3D format and have formed partnerships with Sky 3D and Microsoft. Throughout 2010 Sky 3D have been showing 3D content on LG passive 3DTV in pubs and clubs across the UK and launched the worlds first 3D satellite channel on Oct 1st 2010, closely followed by Virgin 3D. American sports network ESPN have also been busy getting involved with 3D and in 2010 ESPN offered full 3D coverage of the World Cup in South Africa.

Passive 3DTV

One of the main objectives for all the companies marketing 3D is the home market and 2010 saw the first 3DTV being sold on the high street. Initially more expensive than normal 2D equipment the new 3DTVs have been met with diverse response from consumers. This is partly due to the fact that the 3D Active format has been the only type available so far and customers have been put off for a number of reasons including expensive 3D Active Glasses, incompatibility with other Active systems and the underlying health issues associated with 3D Active technology.
The Active glasses are also prone to flickering and ghosting of images, something that Passive 3D Glasses do not suffer from. This has prompted 3DTV manufacturers to push on with the Passive 3D format and this year at the CES ( Consumer Electronics Show ) in Las Vegas LG unveiled their home 3D Cinema TV. LG flagship model is the LW6500 which boasts an impressive array of features including LG`s new FPR ( Film Patterned Retarder ), a screen filter which allows 3DTV to be viewed with the same inexpensive polarised 3D Glasses that you get at the cinema. Also at the show US mega brand Vizio showcased their Passive Theatre 3DTV which are already available through US retail giant Cost Co. The gauntlet has been firmly laid down and a new wave of Passive 3DTV look set to flood the market in 2011 with LG leading the way. All i-3k Passive 3D Glasses are compatible with the LG 3D Cinema TV.

Passive 3D - The Future

Recent developments in the ongoing tussle between the Active and Passive 3D systems has seen the Passive 3D format emerge as the peoples choice. Although Active 3D remains a contender with Sony and Samsung pushing ahead with more Active 3D products, Passive 3D is simply more affordable and versatile than its rival. With Passive 3DTV going on sale this year, consumers will now be able to own a Passive 3DTV with the added value of inexpensive Polarised 3D Glasses that can be used at the cinema, Sky 3D venues and on any brand of Passive 3DTV. 2011 brings another year of great 3D film releases including the much awaited Tron Legacy.
The Star Wars 3D films and Lord Of The Rings 3D are both set to be re-released in 3D. Aside from the 3D film industry we are expecting 2011 to bring 3D gaming into the market. LG and Microsoft have been working together since 2010 and we should expect the same technology used in LG Cinema 3DTV's to be developed for computers and laptops. We also expect to see ranges of 3D Passive TV from Toshiba, Vizio and Phillips who have all developed Passive 3D technology for the home entertainment market. Be sure to view our 3D Gaming Glasses for the best 3D Glasses for gaming or visit our 3D TecLab for more information regarding 3D Formats.

How Does 3D Work?

To understand how 3D works we must first understand how we see our world naturally in 3D. We see our world through what is known as binocular vision. Each eye sees the world from two slightly different perspectives ( being approx 3 inches apart ) and the brain merges the two images using our natural sense of depth and distance to create an accurate view of the world.
You can easily test your own binocular vision by holding up your thumb in front of your face at arms length and alternately close one eye. You will see your thumb jumping from side to side as the brain reads each individual view. To test this even further you could ask a friend to throw you a ball and try to catch it with one eye closed, see what a difference it makes to your depth and distance perception. This is the basic principle behind all 3-D pictures and movies. There are a number of ways to trick the eye into seeing 3D images; the oldest method being 3D STEREO anaglyphs red/cyan. This method feeds each eye a slightly altered version of the same image that the brain then merges into 3D using the same process as it does for merging our binocular vision. The two separate images are created with simple coloured filters, usually red and blue. The source image or film is made using two slightly overlapping views of the same image and the coloured filters on the glasses separate the images for the brain which does the rest.
More recently we have seen the development of Active and Passive 3D formats which use the same principle but instead of coloured lenses we use polarisation of light to create separate views of the same image.