: The video frame is split exactly down the middle. The left-eye image is compressed into the left 960x1080 pixels, and the right-eye image is compressed into the right 960x1080 pixels.

Devices like the Meta Quest series allow users to load legacy Half-SBS 3D files into virtual cinema environments. Because VR lenses isolate each eye natively, playing back a 1080p Half-SBS file of a natively shot movie like Resident Evil: Afterlife replicates a true IMAX 3D theatrical experience far more effectively than old 3D televisions ever could.

Budget and high-end home theater projectors continued to support 3D capabilities long after flat-screen TVs abandoned them. Enthusiasts in 2021 frequently sought out highly compressed AC3 3D files to project cinema-sized stereoscopic images onto dedicated basement screens.