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What are all of the different types of 3D glasses?

How many different types of 3D glasses are there and what are they called?

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1. This site sells 3D, holographic, and spectroscopic glasses - they probably have whatever you're looking for. http://www.rainbowsymphony.com
2. Anaglyph uses the red and blue glasses that block images through color. ( Have seen blue and light yellow used but red and blue most common). Used for television and does not require a convertor box or specially made 3d television to use. Do not need electricity to work. Polarized is the type they use in theaters and those are tinted and look like weak sunglasses. They block certain light waves to block images and require no electricity to work. Will not work with televisions older or newer, at least not so far. Then there are shutter glasses. One lense will open while the other is closed and they do this back and forth very rapidly. The images will flash rapidly on the screen also so each eye gets the correct image. These glasses must have a power supply and can be used for theaters or television. There is an old system for the tube televisions that use this called field sequencial. Will not work with plasma or lcd. They are just now starting to make plasma and lcd televisions that can use shutter glasses. Also there is a television that doesn't need glasses at all. Phillips had one that used what they called wowvx. Each pixel has tiny mirrors in them that will give each eye the correct image and you need to be a certain distance away from the screen.