Re: Rainbows in 3D?

[P3D bob wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2:16 AM 11/11/96, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:

> the mountains, the rainbow will BOTH appear in front of the mountains AND
> when two viewpoints are compared, it would be at the infinity setting in the
> stereo shots.
> 

  I'll buy that ( for a dollar :-)


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> 
> There is a similar effect that I can create in a computer environment. If I
> superimpose a stereo-paired object onto another stereo scene, but place the
> new object at a displacement of infinity, yet in front of or on top of the
> other image which is closer than infinity, confusion of depth placement
> results. The effect is similar to the confusion caused by so called
> *pseudo-stereo*. The visible depth parallax disagrees with other parts of
> the scene and the expected placement.
> 

 Hmmm - interesting. I'll generate a couple of scenes in BRYCE and 
super 'em in Photoshop with the farther away object in front of the
closer one and let's see what happens (smoke!).

--BW

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