It is increasingly difficult to remember a time when you grabbed a VHS tape for school documentaries or sat in the car for a drive-in-movie played from a Kodak projector. Now, you can pick up a Blu-Ray disc to watch movies on your TV or see that wildlife documentary come to life in theaters in IMAX 3D. But the consumers and educators want more; they want to have that 3D experience from the comfort of their own homes.

But how does it work? This is how a Samsung device can fill your room with images that you can almost touch:

The Viewer

Your eyes are spaced apart from one another allowing your retinas, the part that receives images from your lens, to see objects at different angles. The brain then merges those images into one, 3D image. This is how you see dimension in real life.

The Device

In order to create a 3D viewing experience, Samsung needed to replicate the depth you experience in the real word. To do so, their 3D TV simultaneously displays two identical images which overlap at slightly different angles; one image is meant for the right eye while the other image is meant for the left eye.

The Hardware

In order to perceive both 2D images as one single 3D image, the TV quickly alternates between the two overlapping images. Consumers use a pair of Active Glasses which rapidly block the left eye and then the right eye, in sync with the TV, using Shutter Technology. The end result causes the mind to merge the two images creating one 3D image effect.

The Content

Samsung has partnered with Hollywood innovators, Technicolor, and DreamWorks Animations to bring 3D movies to Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray 3D movies and devices work with Samsung TV's to bring you these breathtaking images.

The Result

More so, Samsung's 3D processor can convert 2D movies/photos to 3D in real-time. This capability allows users to view basic images, video, and other content with similar 3D, high definition quality.

The strides Samsung have made in 3D TV development has educators contemplating 3D capabilities as a learning tool. In addition to a higher level of concentration and engagement, students and teachers would have access to abstract concepts not easily defined in 2D content. Imagine being able to view artifacts and resources that wouldn't normally be accessible to everyone, like fragile fossils, whenever you want, right through your device! This concept, although being slowly introduced, has not yet found its way as an integrated learning tool across all subject matter. But, it most certainly is a growing area of interest!

Comment to let us know how 3D capabilities would change the way you view standard learning methods and be sure to check back here for updates on this 3D wave!

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