Re: VM Interocular

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 
>From: P3D Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell  writes:
>
>View-Master is very much aware of this problem and the fact that
>children under age 5 (generally speaking) cannot view the images in
>stereo.  They began development of a viewer with closer interocular
>spaceing a few years ago but it never came to fruition.  Perhaps this
>is because the reel may have to become a bit smaller make use of the
>closer spacing.  ........................
>Mary Ann Sell
>The View-Master Lady in Cincinnati
>

What problems would be created by simply using larger eyepieces in the VM
viewer? Wouldn't that be an easy way to provide for both kids and adults to
view the existing standard reel size? Of course any such change would
require some level of change to the housing structure, I'm asking here only
about the optical characteristics.

Larry Berlin

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