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1) They are owned by different companies. Real3D is a company unto itself; Imax 3D is of course owned by Imax. Real3D can be retrofitted to any modern theatre; Imax 3D as far as I know is only meant to be used in Imax theatres.

2) They use a slightly different technique to achieve the 3D effect.

Both use differential polarization: they show two pictures on top of each other, each one represents one "eye". The 3D glasses lenses are polarized differently, so the right lense filters out the left picture, and the left lens filters the right picture.

However, the polarization technique itself is different. I believe that Imax 3D uses what is called "rotational polarization" whereas Real3D uses something else.

3) From experience, I find Real3D to result in better colour and crisper images, but not as much depth as Imax 3D. Imax 3D sometimes has overlapped images, but of course it must work in a much bigger theatre.

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