Glasses

This is pretty neat:

Apparently this photo was taken almost a year ago, but it’s the first I’ve seen it. It’s President and Mrs. Obama wearing 3-D glasses in the White House theater. They wore them to watch a commercial that aired during the Superbowl.

That’s great. But I’m thinking, couldn’t the president of the United States get some real Pro-X glasses? Maybe I’ll send him a pair.

Thank you, Instapundit, for bringing this photo to my attention.

Tatty Devine is a London purveyor of jewelry and accessories, who sells this interesting curio, a 3-D glasses necklace. Not just another pretty necklace, this is a real, functioning pair of anaglyph 3D glasses. It is made to resemble a cardboard pair, but it's really fashioned of acrylic and metal.

It's a neat idea, but they only come in red/green variety, which severely limits their usefulness. The high price (45 pounds) is another impediment. Still, I am encouraged to see 3-D glasses becoming so fashionable, even if in a postmodern ironic way.

The current issue of TV Guide -- the July 21 to August 3, 2008 issue, the one with Miley Cyrus on the cover -- comes with a free pair of Hannah Montana 3-D glasses bound into the pages of the magazine, ideally suited for watching the Best of Both Worlds Concert.

The free Hannah Montana 3-D glasses are bound between pages 38 and 39 -- between the full page Disney Hannah Montana concert advertisement and the article on Miley Cyrus. You can't miss it, really.

You have to punch the glasses out along the perforations, and assemble them. No scissors, glue, or tape is required, they just fit together like so.

TV Guide is sold at newsstands and grocery stores. The cover price is $3.99. Since this is a "Double Issue," with two weeks of listings, one hopes it will be available for at least awhile.

See Hannah Montana in 3-D!

The "Disney Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert" is being broadcast in three-dimensional anaglyph, one night only July 26 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, on the Disney Channel. And then, if you missed it (or not), the Starz channel is re-broadcasting it the next day.

You need 3-D glasses to see this concert in 3D. But you can get them free. My good friend Hannah Montana and I have teamed up to give free Hannah Montana 3-D glasses to anyone who goes to Wal-Mart and snatches them.

They are your basic red/cyan anaglyph glasses, made by American Paper Optics, except the stems are a bit shorter, to accommodate younger, smaller heads. Even if you don't plan to watch the Hannah Montana concert, you might want to pick these glasses up for the kids.

They're only free while supplies last, so get on out to a Wal-Mart as as soon as you possibly can. I got mine today, and they were not easy to find. I had to ask four employees before I found one who knew anything about them. And when I got to the register, the clerk left her post to wander around the store asking her bosses if they were really free. They were. (The wig costs extra, though.)

So, if you go to Wal-Mart, and the first few people you talk to don't know anything about any free Hannah Montana 3D glasses, don't give up!

UPDATE 1: It looks as though the supply of Hannah Montana glasses at Wal-Mart is running out. You may have to make your own 3-D glasses.

UPDATE 2: The current issue of TV Guide, the one with Miley Cyrus on the cover, comes with a free pair of Hannah Montana 3-D glasses. Find it at newsstands and grocery stores this week.

UPDATE 3: Disney is releasing the movie on DVD and Blu-ray on August 19. The discs will be excellent high-definition quality, and packed with bonus features.