Eli5 why we can’t make cameras with 2 perspectives that alternates between to do 3D video

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This might be a stupid idea, but without a microscope, it seems feasible, imagine having two cameras recording, and on your screen at home we alternate between the cameras every frame to make 3D video, this is almost what’s already happening in our eyes so why not in media?

EDIT: I think I phrased myself poorly, I don’t mean a screen that sends two images or why cameras are this and that, I mean footage that gives one frame from one camera, and the next frame from the second camera, alternating back and forth to make our eyes mens it together into a 3D picture

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This is not a technology problem – 3D movies are shot with 2 cameras to get the view of the left and right eye. We even had the technology to show 3D movies (outside of cinemas) with TVs that use shutter glasses or polarization filters to be used with polarization glasses. The simple fact is that customers didn’t buy them and they thus weren’t viable from a business standpoint.

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