Re: New 3D software

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 18:51:14 -0500
>From: P3D Gabriel Jacob writes:
>
>As I mentioned in my previous post, there is graphic magazine this
>month featuring a few anaglyph pics. There is also an interesting
>article about a new 3D stereo graphics program that will create
>rotatable objects and animations in different formats such as 
>anaglyph and also (it looks like, not sure) LCD shutter glasses.
>Of course there are graphics programs that can do everything mentioned
>below but not as easily. This program seems to be written with 3D
>stereo in mind and the price is right.

****************  Sounds like possibilities...

>............ snip .................. Automatic
>Stereopsis eliminates the need to go through the painstaking process
>of creating stereoscopic pairs. EZ-Stereo technology lets anyone make
>sophisticated stereo images in seconds. ............  snip
....................

**************   This makes it sound less like a possibility. I can't think
of any *easy* method of converting ordinary flat clip-art in seconds that
would result in something I'd like. The potential contours of an object
featured in clip art just aren't instantly available unless they are a gross
generalization of the outline of the artwork. That's not satisfactory 3D in
my estimation. The rest of the program DOES sound interesting but I'd want
to try it out before deciding if it's for real at all. I suspect that my
copy of TrueSpace SE will outperform their program except for the
stereoscopic output functions. Might be worth it just for that. I need more
info.

Thanks Gabriel for spotting this.

Larry Berlin

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