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What is it about?

This article explores surveillance technology as it is featured in science fiction films from Blade Runner (1982) to RoboCop (2014), and connects this to stereoscopic 3D conversion technology in film production. The article argues that imagistic, 2D media are giving way to spatialised 3D media, a development linked to digital systems of surveillance and mapping.

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Why is it important?

Places 3D conversion techniques into a surveillance paradigm context. Rather than dismiss 3D as novelty or financially motivated spectacle, the article connects 3D to wider developments in media capture and dissemination, focusing on surveillance.