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Re: Star Wars Doritos Lenticulars

  • From: P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Star Wars Doritos Lenticulars
  • Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:53:55 -0700
P3D gecko raves:

>I realize this is old news now, but I wanted everyone's opinion on this
>because I was quite erked!

>The packaging on the Doritos Chips for Star Wars lenticulars read
>"3-D Motion..."

>Am I mistaken? or was NOT ONE of these images in 3-D!!!!!

>Motion? I can understand.  3-D? Absolutely not!

I only have one of them, but it was definitely NOT stereoscopic.

It DID have simulated motion in the Z-plane, however (it was an X-Wing
fighter coming straight at you while firing its lasers), so I think this
is the classic terminology problem where what WE call "3D" is stereo,
while what computer graphics people call "3D" means data in three
dimensions (X,Y,Z), not necessarily stereoscopically displayed.  It's
what we would call "2.5D".

        -Greg W.


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