You can make a full 1080p 3D camera with less then a thousand dollars and a little intuition.

As far as price goes, that’s pretty damn cheap. It’s obviously not a camera such as one used to broadcast and record television/movies (that are 10k+ to begin with, not even considering 3D technology), but you could record high quality 3D video with it easily. So it basically just boils down to the ‘it’s a gimmick’ point.

It’s not going to stop being a gimmick soon, so no use worrying about it. When 3D television starts being broadcasted, it won’t be in HD; modern satellite or digital cable lines cannot handle that mbumive amount of data that holds both HDTV and 3D, it’s one or the other at this point. So you’ll be watching TV in 3D, but it’ll be sub-480p, which is disgusting quality. It’s a lose/lose situation. The technology to record almost everything in 3D is around, it’s just that we’re not going to be able to show it to people.

Major problems ahead.