How to make your own 3D glasses at home with pictures
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It's so easy to make your own 3D glasses, you can whip them up just before a movie, if you misplace the ones that came with your DVD.If you want to view something, make sure it uses old school red-and-blue 3D technology.More modern approaches to 3D technology are more difficult to make on your own, or more expensive than just ordering the glasses online.
Cut out a frame from a poster board or stiff card to make your own 3D glasses.If you want to tape them in place, you have to cut out the lens from the CD box, which is a little bigger than the eye holes on your glasses.Permanent markers can be used to make one red and the other blue.Before testing out the glasses with your screen, tape the red and blue lens on the left and right eye holes.If the 3D effect doesn't work, tint your monitor and change the hue.Read on to learn how to make 3D glasses.Did the summary help you?