The Avatar craze is catching on.  ESPN announced today that we can expect ESPN 3D in the middle of this year (2010).  The technology will first be tested on a host of World Cup soccer matches.

ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning June 11 with the first 2010 FIFA World Cup match, featuring South Africa vs. Mexico, ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer announced.

Other events to be produced in 3-D include the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, college basketball and football contests, up to 25 World Cup matches and the Summer X Games. Additional events will be announced at a later date.

Will fans be willing to don spectacles to watch their favorite sports at home?  Will we be able to watch 3D as some point without 3D glasses?  We live in a time when it is much more enjoyable and cheaper to watch sporting events from our living rooms as opposed to at a stadium or arena.