Old 3D movies were made by shooting two films of the same scene, each film being shot from a slightly different angle. When you went to the theater, you were given a special pair of glasses constructed so that your left eye saw only what the left camera filmed, and your right eye saw only what the right camera filmed. The three-dimensional quality of the movie was due primarily to ________.

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The three-dimensional quality of the movie was primarily due to retinal disparity, which results from the slightly different angle that each camera records the scene from. This disparity between the two images is what creates the perception of depth and dimensionality when viewed with the special glasses.

Old 3D Movies Were Made by Shooting Two Films of the Same