Re: mini hypers or hyper minis?

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 20:40:11 -0800
>From: P3D Peter Abrahams asks:
>
>This would give these mini-subjects the disarity of a large object, but the
>apparent size of a small object.
>Would this miniaturization give hyper-stereo effect?  
>Have any of the computer experts constructed any checkerboard graphics, or
>'op art' or optical illusions, to illustrate this?
>
>>nearly identical index prints.  When he placed these one above the
>>other and used his View-Magic over/under viewer, he was pleased to
>>see a stereo index print, with a tiny 3-D image of each shot.
>


I have done this with thumbnails of stored digital files. I think the effect
here is simply *stretch*. If the images are already hyper, they will have a
stronger sense of depth to them, but viewing as miniature files doesn't
create hyperness. Note that whatever disparity exists in the full sized
image is proportionally reduced along with the scale of the image.

In a sense, the illusion effect possible with this method parallels the
multiple repetition used in the construction of stereograms. It does offer
the opportunity for special effects and tricks.

Larry Berlin

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