Kids, moms, dads, VM, RB, 3Discover

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

Why are Fridays so slow?  Is everybody on an early weekend break? ;)

>>I had completely forgotten that the Viewmasters I had as a kid were 3D 
>>until I got involved in 3D as an adult.
>
>So do I. I also used to have a ViewMaster, when I was 5 years old.
>At the age of 8, I threw it away because it was broken. I was not
>aware that this was a 3-D toy, and now (at the age of 28)

Could it be that you could not see 3D at the age of 5 because your
interocular spacing was smaller than the VM chip spacing?

As I've said before, this is a very serious problem.  Neither my two
children (5, 8) or my wife (3X ;)) can see 3d in a VM viewer (my wife only
with the model D) because of the wide spacing of the chips in combination
with the small size of the lenses (they cannot also use some kinds of
binoculars that do not allow for a small enough eyespacing).

I am not sure if my kids can see slides in the red button as they sometings
talk about two images and close one eye. (not always, I'll have to check it
out.)

3Discover must have smaller infinity spacing than VM or Realist.  I would
guess closer to 55 mm given the format (can someone verify this with a
measurement?)  Now, this is fine for children but it can create some
problems with adults, including Gabriel (yes, I do count him as an adult!
;), at least in this issue ;) ;) ;)) due again to the rather small size 
of the lenses.

George


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