With the World Cup less than 4-weeks away we thought we would give you a heads-up on how and where you might be able to enjoy the South African World Cup in full 3D glory for the first time.
Skysports have been at the forefront of the 3D revolution recently with their 3D Pubs, but unfortunately Sky have been unable to get the rights for the World Cup – so if you live in the UK you might want to hold-off buying a new 3D TV as you won’t be able to get a 3D signal. So Sky are out of the picture (no pun intended.)
If you are lucky enough to live in the USA (ESPN), Spain (Sogecable) or South Korea (SBS) you’ll be able to grab all the live action from the comfort of your own home provided you have the right kit.
But all is not lost as their will be 50 cinemas throughout the UK which will be showing the matches in 3D – you may want to contact your local cinema to see if your one of the lucky ones. According to Sony and FIFA their will be 800 cinemas world wide showing the World Cup in 3D.
If your really desperate to watch the first ever World Cup in 3D you could plan a holiday to one of the lucky countries or you could could save the money you were going to use on a new 3D TV and go to South Africa and watch it in the best version of 3D – real life.
The list of 3D World Cup matches being shown along with the dates are as follows:
June
11 South Africa v Mexico
12 Argentina v Nigeria
13 Gemany v Australia
14 Netherlands v Denmark
15 Brazil v Korea DPR
16 Spain v Switzerland
17 Argentina v Korea Republic
18 Slovenia v USA
19 Netherlands v Japan
20 Brazil v Ivory Coast
21 Spain v Honduras
Nigeria v Korea Republic
23 Ghana v Germany
24 Slovakia v Italy
25 Portugal v Brazil
27 Winner group B v Runner-up group A
28 Winner group E v Runner-up group F
28 Winner group G v Runner-up group H
July
2 Quarter-final
3 Quarter-final
3 Quarter-final
6 Semi-final
7 Semi-final
10 3rd place play-off
11 Final
As you can probably see no England matches are due to be covered in the early stages. We should get to the quarter finals before getting knocked out so at least they’ll be a brief but tasteful glimpse of three lions in 3D.