One of the most well-known, well-liked and enthusiastic supporters of 3D, Ray Zone, passed away suddenly from a heart attack at age 65 on November 13. Insight Media joins all of the 3D community in mourning the loss of this inspiring person. He will be mightily missed. A memorial gathering is being planned for early December, but details are not yet available.
To put it simply, Ray was a great guy. He had so much energy, so much passion and so much enthusiasm – not only for 3D, but for life itself. He was a teacher, a hero and friend to so many in the 3D community. His light burned brightly, but now it is dark. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to all his friends, colleagues and family.
Eric Kurland, President of the Los Angeles 3-D Club (SCSC) and a close friend of Ray, said that, Ray was the heart of the 3-D community, not just in Los Angeles, but all over the world. His work reached so many people and he personally touched so many lives. He had a generous, welcoming nature, always eager to share his knowledge, and was our greatest advocate for the art and technology of 3-D. He leaves a long legacy as an author, publisher, historian, educator, photographer, filmmaker and artist. Ray was a longtime member and past President of the LA 3-D Club, and was currently serving as the club s Vice President, and he was my mentor and dear friend.
Jim Chabin, CEO of the International 3D Society and 3D @ Home Consortium said, “Ray has been a friend, mentor, evangelist, stereographer, film maker, teacher and scholar for the 3D community for so long, its hard to imagine all of us moving ahead without him. Ray served as the Society’s historian because we all knew Ray had all the answers. What a friend we have all lost.”
Jason Goodman, CEO, 21st Century 3D said, “I remember being 10 years old and making my first trip to the local comic book shop where I got Battle for a 3 Dimensional World . I still have it, sealed in a plastic bag. This book was one of my earliest inspirations in 3D and Ray was one of the first people I met when I began my career in 3D. He was always positive, and always encouraging and always so great to talk to and laugh with. The death of Ray Zone marks the passing of a true 3D legend. I was shocked to hear the news and I am profoundly sad that we have lost him. I have lost a friend and a mentor. The world has lost a genuinely kind and truly unique individual. He will be sorely missed by many.”
3D pioneer Lenny Lipton had this to say: “I now regret every opportunity that I missed to hang out with Ray. We were kindred spirits both maniacally in love with the stereoscopic medium. But Ray was like some indiscriminate lover, he loved ratty old 3-D cards, and broken down 3-D projection lenses, and the weird characters who thought they knew more about 3-D than anyone else. He loved terrible 3-D movies, movies that had no right to be loved, forlorn eye straining madness. Ray loved anaglyphs and lots of parallax. Ray suffered fools and even raving idiots and he was polite to them all, and on top of it he was a great scholar. He taught me a lot about the medium and like I say the only regret I have is that I didn’t spend more time with him.”
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