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Re: Pulfrich challenged and what else?


  • From: P3D Sandman <sandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Pulfrich challenged and what else?
  • Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 12:01:50 -0400

John R. writes:

>You mention analogies - I'll attempt one. In the realm of "conventional"
>3D, there are two groups of people that are particularly prone to
>hostility toward the methods used: those who are "stereo blind", who are
>sometimes antagonistic to the whole idea of 3D and those who are unable to
>decouple their perception of size from degree of convergence - these people
>sometimes object strenuously to the use of hyperstereo because "it makes
>everything look small".

I have one friend who has weird eyes.  One is good only for far away
one is good only close up.  As a result he sees the word as a flat 2d
image.  The only time he has ever seen anything in 3D (he claims) is
when he uses my red-button viewer and is looking at slides.

Comments, questions, doubts?


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