Re: Cheap Viewers and Life experience?

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Howard writes:
>This example brought to mind something I once read. Toscanni's son (who
>was a hifi nut as the bobby grew in the '50s (before THAT stereo) found
>the Maestro listening to a cheap FM table radio with small speaker and
>said "Father, how can you stand listening to that! After conducting live
>orchestras? I can hardly on my fine system equal the live experience?"
>Toscanni senior said, "Easy, I heard the music in my heard and it
>replaces the missing parts!" Maybe cliff see this way in his head???

This is a good example of context. All arts require an inner context in
which to place and enjoy the experience. The mind builds it's own models of
all sensory input and constantly compares it to examples from the past, and
personal expectations. This is the quality that determines whether or not
you like 3D images of clouds or flowers. Context. I like flying, daydream
about it and remember actual experiences, both in airplanes and in
hang-gliders. 3D pics of clouds have plenty of available context for me to
enjoy them.

We all hear and see *in our head*. We each carry different sets of available
context around, so unless context is provided, we sometimes miss the ones
that we are less familiar with. I see stereo 3D in my mind all the time. I
superimpose those models over typical 2D images constantly. Any form of 3D
display can assist the visualization process if you aren't expecting the
display to do all the work. 

By the same token, one can go even further with such inner visualizations,
if the display provides a better, more complete, richer color/detail/depth
experience. That's a great thing about 3D, it is an experience that deepens
with use. 

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
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