Encounter in the Third Dimension

The Institute of 3-D Technology bright but slightly disorganized professor (played by Stuart Pankin) offers the audience a crash course in 3-D technology. Not content with dry scientific explanations, the Professor presents Elvira, an entertainer best known as the 'Mistress of the Dark,' to show off his latest innovation, a new 3-D process called 'Real-O-Vision.' When his demonstration goes awry, the Professor enlists the services of his wisecracking assistant, a flying robot named Max, to entertain and educate the audience about the wonders of 3-D. To explain the history of 3-D technology, Max takes the audience on a magical journey through time, from early cave drawings and hieroglyphics to the discovery of perspective by Renaissance artists of the sixteenth century.