Re: 3D Camera Obscura

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I like this idea. The real fun in stereo pictures is in the enhanced effects
that hyper stereo provides. It's fun to look at a pair of pictures of
distant mountains and see them in sharp 3D as if they were bumps in a nearby
sand box. It gives the feeling of being a giant with eyes an 1/8 of a mile
(or whatever distance) apart. In one of the books on stereograms that I have
read there was a photo or drawing of  some large mirrors set up on a
hillside above some small town. If someone stood in the right place, the
mirrors afforded a hyperstereo view of the town below.

The hyper polarized C. O. sounds like a really fun idea. How hard would it
be to arrange a couple lenses and filters on a window and block the rest of
the window? If you are trying for a hyperstereo effect, would you have to do
something to redirect the light path so the images are right for viewing?
Perhaps a set of mirrors with the lenses?

This sounds like the perfect novelty experience for some high vantage point
like the top floors of any skyscraper, maybe a small room adjacent to the
inevitable restaurant/bar? Sounds like fun to me.





>You know, a hyper stereographic camera obscura would be kind of
>interesting.
>
>I remember the first time I saw a C.O. as a kid, I thought - big deal!
>
>I guess what with television, point and shoot cameras, et al that there
>isn't much novelty at looking as a wall where the outside world can
>been seen in full color and motion (especially when you can see the
>original by stepping outside!). However, a HYPER polorized C.O. could
>be real interesting!
>
>--B.W.
Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/


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