2009 seems like it'll be the year 3D really starts to take off. For PC gamers, we have new models of 3D monitors coming out all over the place, such as from iZ3D and Zalman. Nvidia has thrown their hat into the ring with new 3D glasses. And 3D movies will very soon start to become more commonplace.

In Europe, NEC has announced that they will be supplying Odeon cinemas with 3D NC1600C projectors. The DLP projectors are capable of producing an image of 2048x1080 resolution, 17,000 Lumens bright, on a medium sized cinema screen. In Japan, these NEC DLP projectors have been lighting up movie theaters for about 3 years now.

Disney has put more of their massive weight behind going 3D this year. They plan to release a animated Dreamworks movie called Aliens VS. Monsters, which has a great amount of extra 3D detail, rendered using Intel's InTru 3D technology, that will only be capitalized upon by 3D projectors.

As film piracy and high-def video rentals continue to cut into Hollywood's profits (according to Hollywood), shifting movie theaters to 3D projectors might be a great way to get people going out to the movies again. The movement to 3D definitely seems like more of a question of when, than if. While home 3D equipment will be probably be limited to technology and home theater enthusiasts for the next few years, it seems that 3D movie theaters are going to creep up on us much faster.