Re: Taunting Idea

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 4:22 PM 6/21/96, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:
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>Maybe something similar could be directed at all those "one eyed" computer
>folk who insist that their 2D images are 3D just because the environment
>they came from is 3D. If such were true, most typical snapshots would be 3D
>simply because the camera was pointed at 3D people or objects !!!

I dunno, Larry, I think they've got it right this time--stereo
ain't the only 3D.  The main problem with a regular picture is
that under normal viewing conditions there's all kinds of
information (e.g. stereo) that conflicts with the 3D information
contained within the picture.  If you were to close one eye (or
better yet, use a device that optically placed both eyes at the
same position; back around the turn of the century, I think,
Zeiss advertised a device for just this purpose to make regular
pictures look more depthy), view the picture from the proper
vantage point, & hide the edges of the picture frame (e.g. by
viewing it through a nearer aperture), it'd probably look pretty
3D--especially if it was animated.

On the other hand, as we all know, stereo is the _best_ 3D (my
3D's better than yours is, nyah, nyah!)     :-)

-Jim C.


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