Re: SIRDS vs "Real 3D"

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Several people here have advanced the theory, which seems quite sound to me,
>that SIRDS were so popular because they were not a "passive" image. The viewer
>had to WORK to see them, and could give him/herself a false sense of
superiority
>to friends who could not make them work. With 3D Museum, you look through the
>viewer and there's the picture. wow. With a stereogram, you work and you
try and
>you adjust and you work some more, and suddenly ... THERE'S THE PICTURE!!!!!!!
>WOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!! That's why they were popular.
    
I totally agree with this theory and thanks Marvin for expressing it so
nicely!  Since very few people can freeview those, the sense of superiority
is justified IMO.  The next logical step for those people is to try
and freeview side-by-side stereopairs.  That should reinforce this sense
of superiority even further!  Maybe one day they will be taking stereo
pictures too, who knows?  Any idea how many SIRDS addicts got interested
in 3D imaging?  I know a couple photo-3d members who started with SIRDS
and have now moved to Real(ist!) 3D.  -- George


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