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Re: The 'Being there' effect
- From: P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: The 'Being there' effect
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 14:27:41 -0700
Jamie Drouin commented:
> Perhaps there is a fine difference, but a difference all the same,
>between the impression of 'being there' and simply marveling at what 3D
>reveals to you through a viewer. I recently completed my homemade
>medium-format viewer, using lovely big coated lenses, and the effect of
>'being there' is defintely present!
I believe I've read several of the VR gurus comment that for an
experience to be "immersive", your peripheral vision should be
involved. Certainly the image should dominate your FoV. This may
be why many people prefer the wider formats to 5-perf (I know I do).
With glasses on, I can't get close enough to any viewer to allow it to
dominate my FoV, and my peripheral vision is still seeing my actual
surroundings. Obviously, this detracts from the sense of "being there"
(the "Peter Sellers effect"?). With glasses off and depending on the
viewer, the image just starts to dominate. Peripheral vision still
isn't involved in viewing the image, but it's no longer viewing the
surroundings.
I've not been lucky enough to have a look at medium format stereo, but
I can imagine that with the right viewer geometry, it should be stunning.
(Projection has its own set of problems.)
-Greg W.
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