The new company worked and was able to create a projector that was clearer and ten times larger than any that had ever existed. At the Expo in 1970 in Osaka, Japan, IMAX's first film, Tiger Child. The movie was unlike anything ever seen before. At Expo 74, IMAX demonstrated a screen, a structure larger than anything else at Expo 74. The screen was so big that when the viewers looked directly forward at the screen it covered their entire field of vision. Their submissions were so grand it caused great sensation in some viewers, motion sickness in others. Journalists and reporters everywhere wanted to ask the IMAX Corporation founders about their invention, but they all knew there was more to come. Ferguson, Kroiter, and Kerr all wanted a movie-watching experience worthy of the large image they had made possible, inspiring them to develop a theatre with enormous screens, stadium seating, and surround sound. In 1986, the first IMAX theatre was constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia at the Canada Pavilion, and was in use until 2009. IMAX continued to grow throughout the next decades. Recently, IMAX has grown into the primary way people want to see movies. All over the world IMAX theatres were constructed, creating an opportunity for everyone to see movies like never before. These theatres, projectors, and cameras have allowed for the company to live up to it's tagline, "IMAX is believing ", highlighting the original founder's philosophies of creating a real life like experience for the audience. Still, none of this would have been possible for IMAX had it not been for the progression of 3-D viewing. .
3-D cameras and recording had already grown from nothing when IMAX adopted it into being a major part of their industry. Like all forms of entertainment, 3-D film came from humble beginnings (Acland). It started in the early 1900's with extremely preliminary, short works. Though it was not the red-and-blue lensed glasses that can be found in kid's magazines, it was still very basic.