In a wide-ranging conversation with Google's chief exec Eric Schmidt, filmmaker James Cameron has announced plans for the next two Avatar movies, criticised the current state of 3D television and reiterated his belief that technology can save the planet from ecological apocalypse.

Cameron says stereoscopic 3D TV's day will come, but stressed that it requires far better tech and content before going truly mass market.

"Well, we see the world in 3D," Cameron told the audience at a Churchill Club dinner this week in California. "To me, there are no barriers to 3D TV in homes in five to ten years."

3D TV five years away
In Cameron's opinion auto-stereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D technology is the way forward for 3D in the home.

"The sweet spots subdivide the total resolution of the screen so breakthroughs have to happen in display manufacturing," said Cameron, predicting that Moore's Law would mean we will have such TVs within four or five years.

"I'm sure you're the only person in Hollywood that actually understands Moore's Law," Google's Eric Schmidt told Cameron, somewhat obsequiously.

The availability of decent 3D content is also a sticking problem for the Avatar director, who admitted that sports and video-gaming will drive 3D TV uptake in the home.

Avatar 2 not till 2014
Cameron revealed that it will likely by 2014 before we get to see Avatar 2 followed soon after in 2015 by the third movie in the series.

"Silicon Valley is about making things, and James is our analogue in Hollywood," said Google's Eric Schmidt.

Cameron revealed he is currently developing ways of filming underwater scenes in 3D.
"You will see computer-generated water and the optics of bringing light through water. It's all doable. Those are just plug-ins."

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JC annoys me these days. And Cameron isn't much better

WTF? The CEO of Google is doing celebrity interviewing now? What's that about.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to look this Churchill Club business up later

The Churchill Club is Silicon Valley's premier business and technology forum. The 6,500-member, nonprofit organization has built a reputation for dynamic, in-the-news programs featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, up-and-coming executives and national business leaders. The events regularly draw more than 400 attendees and give members the opportunity to network with the best of Silicon Valley.

The Club is known for its smart, provocative and often irreverent programs. In addition to a stellar line-up of senior executives, the Club features panel discussions with invaluable information on technology, entrepreneurship, life sciences, business leadership and innovation. Annual programs include Top Ten Tech Trends Debate, Venture Capital: What's Hot? What's Not?, M&A Review, High Tech Stock Outlook, and How to Create a Successful Startup. To see the complete list of the past twelve months of programs, click here.

Throughout the years, the Club has hosted industry luminaries Mark Andreesen, Steve Ballmer, Craig Barrett, Michael Capellas, John Chambers, Jim Clark, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Rudy Giuliani, Andy Grove, William Hewlett, Bill Joy, Dean Kamen, Rich McGinn, Scott McNealy, Lew Platt, Eric Schmidt, and Meg Whitman. Club events also offer opportunities to network and develop critical business relationships with influential individual and corporate members representing a diverse range of industries, companies, and expertise.

The Churchill Club provides an independent forum where business leaders who are driving change exchange ideas, opinions, and viewpoints. Collaborators and competitors often meet on the Churchill Club stage with authoritative moderators who go beyond the hype to get the real story. Attendees have the opportunity to ask questions directly to panelists, uncensored by the moderator.

http://www.churchillclub.org/aboutGeneralInfo.jsp

Sounds cool in it's own way, and let's be honest, it's probably how anything worthwhile gets done

Ah, the things you hear about when you haven't got a bomb handy.