Dr. T on freeviewing and View Magic

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Searching the enormous Dr. T Internet database, I found the following 
relevant posting on free-viewing and View Magic:

"I have two problems with prints and stereo images in a screen.  First 
there is no standard way of viewing them.  I like freeviewing and that's 
what I use to look at stereo pairs in Stereo World.  It's exiting to see 
a 3-d image jumping out of a flat page or screen.  However, there are is 
a problem with freeviewing.  The effective "focal length" is too long 
(resulting in considerable "stretch") and, for the same reason, details 
cannot be seen.  Also, many people cannot freeview.  Using a viewer allows 
you to get closer to the image, but now you can see distracting problems 
like the screen in printed images or pixels in a digital image. [...]

One viewer that I like is the View Magic.  The reason that I like it is the 
same reason that I like free viewing.  You are far away from the image and 
distracting details are not visible."

Editorial comment:  I am reaching the conclusion that old-timers are 
wasting their time with this Internet photo-3d thing... Everything that 
there is to be said has been said already.... Of course, not every one 
is reading all that is being said... plus many times you have to repeat 
something over and over again before people get brainwashed (Dr. T does 
this quite often!)

-- George Themelis


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