The way we watch movies has taken a massive overhaul in the last few years. No doubt the majority of you have a big fancy plazma screen sitting somewhere in your house. Well, the movie industry is very aware of this; these big fancy TVs have drastically reduced your desire to hit the cinema and for a few years studios have been trembling in their boots to come up with a solution.

It seems that 3D has become the weapon of choice. I'm not talking Pixar and Dreamworks type 3D. There is a new, live action technology out there, most of which has been developed by James Cameron, called the Reality Camera System. It uses the latest HDTV video cameras and not film. Movie studios are now set to ramp up the amount of projects to be utilising it. And, in turn, cinemas installing the hardware to deal with the increase.

Using this technology will give movie goers a unique experience, enticing the public into the cinema hall and away from their pirated movie and/or 52" plasma alternative. Proving an obvious benefit to the studios.

We'll start to see real results of this in the coming years, as there are a myriad of projects in the pipeline, but there are a few big budget 3D movies already in production. James Camerons Avatar (Right) is set to be a blockbuster. Steven Speilbergo and Peter Jackson are colaborating to bring two Tintin movies to the 3D screen and Disney and Pixar are working on Toy Story 3(D). There are also plans to have 3D live sporting events and music concerts showing at cinemas, which I find very exciting.

The big question will be, how much am I going to have to pay for this? Well, at the moment, cinemas are charging for the glasses with the distibutor taking a big cut for providing them. So lets hope once 3D becomes the mainstream that we wont have to fork out more than the extra £5.00 that is currently being asked. I'm already skint after buying a Regular Popcorn.