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RE: George's comments about 3D on the Web.


  • From: P3D Shelley, Dan <dshelley@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: George's comments about 3D on the Web.
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 9:28:17 -0400

>I have found that computer 3d is not much fun and 
>have felt that there are better things to do with my 
>free time

George, from the wealth of information you have undoubtedly garnered 
from Photo-3D, I am sure you can appreciate that there is a wealth of 
INFORMATION to be garnered from the Web. To not have your own web site 
because you don't like the quality of 3D images on the web does not 
make sense to me... Even if YOUR site had NO 3D pictures on it, I am 
sure it would still be of tremendous value to the world! You do a great 
service to everyone whose equipment you have fixed/cleaned, and you 
frequently share a slew of ideas with Photo-3D. Why not present those 
things to the world via a page/site? You could also advertise your 
services much more... 

Case is point might be my site. I have only 5 pages that have 3D 
pictures on them right now. The rest of the site is dedicated to 
information dissemination. I would have killed for some of this info 5 
years ago when I knew no one else that was taking 3D pictures, or even 
appreciated them. You know/have a wealth of 3D information in your 
head, a web site is an easy way to pass that along. 

As to your other comment that the images do not look good enough... 
Someone already mentioned that there are higher bandwidth options for 
Internet access, but there is another set of variables that need to be 
considered for good image viewing. (None of this is to say that all 
images on the web are great, but some really are...) On the browser's 
computer, the type of video card the person has, the amount of memory 
on it, the type of screen they have, the number of colors they are 
choosing to show at one time on their screen, etc... all affect the 
viewing experience. IMHO a minimum requirement for acceptable web 
browsing should be: a good SVGA 14" monitor and a PCI video card with 
at least 1MB of video memory, and at least 64,000 colors displayed at 
the same time. Any less than that, and the machine is robbing the 
displayed image of resolution. A 24 bit JPG file can be amazingly sharp 
on a good system, and incredibly poor on another. That is not the fault 
of the web, or the original poster, but the viewing equipment. (I feel 
like I am quoting you almost! ;) )

I have seen some great stuff out there, and some lousy stuff... But, 
like I have said before, I am addicted to 3D, and appreciate it all! 
(almost...) =)

Dan Shelley
Colorado Springs, CO 
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


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