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Stereo Window and Convergence Examples



Note: Subjects never change size.  Only convergence of eyes and disparity
      of subject with window changes.  All subjects flat. (Except Example 4.)

Example 1: Move window without changing convergence of subject.
        |<--- 2.6" on my screen--->|
                                             Artificial viewer field of view
          |                      |          /  (really another window at the
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -/    surface of the screen)
|                   |  |                   |				
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	("." = infinity)	(depth)
|  | Move window |  |  |  |  Move window|  |  	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  | same subject|  |  |  |  same subjec|  | 	Subject behind screen (1)
|  | convergence |  |  |  |  convergence|  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|  -------------    |  |    -------------  | 	
| |     .       |   |  |   |       .     | |	
| |  Move window|   |  |   | Move window | | 	Subject behind screen (1)
| |  same subject   |  |   | same subject| |   	Window behind subject (2)
| |  convergence|   |  |   | convergence | |	(Does window appear larger?)
|  -------------    |  |    -------------  | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |

Example 2: Moving film chip and window together.
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  | Move chip   |  |  |  |  Move chip  |  | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  | and window  |  |  |  |  and window |  | 	Subject behind screen (1)
|  | together    |  |  |  |  together   |  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|  -------------    |  |    -------------  | 	
| |     .       |   |  |   |       .     | |	
| | Move chip   |   |  |   |  Move chip  | | 	Window behind screen (1)
| | and window  |   |  |   |  and window | | 	Subject behind window (2)
| | together    |   |  |   |  together   | |	(Do window and subject appear
|  -------------    |  |    -------------  | 	 larger?  
|                   |  |                   |	 Does distance of subject 
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -	 from window appear greater? 
          |                      |		 Infinity easier to fuse?)

Example 3: Moving film chip but not window.
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  | Move chip   |  |  |  |  Move chip  |  | 	Subject behind screen (1)
|  | but not     |  |  |  |  but not    |  | 
|  | window      |  |  |  |  window     |  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  | Move chip   |  |  |  |   Move chip |  | 	Subject farther behind (2)
|  | but not     |  |  |  |   but not   |  | 	(Does subject appear larger?)
|  | window      |  |  |  |   window    |  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  |Move chip    |  |  |  |    Move chip|  | 	Subject much farther behind (4)
|  |but not      |  |  |  |    but not  |  | 	(Does subject appear larger?
|  |window       |  |  |  |    window   |  |	 Hard to fuse window or 
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |     subject? 
|                   |  |                   |	 (Subject is at infinity.)
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |

Example 3a: Moving film chip but not window.
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  |   Move chip |  |  |  | Move chip   |  | 	Subject in front of screen (-2)
|  |   but not   |  |  |  | but not     |  | 	(Does subject appear smaller?
|  |   window    |  |  |  | window      |  |	 Hard to fuse subject in front
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|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |     of screen?)
|                   |  |                   |	(compare with below.)
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 	Window at surface of screen (0)
|  |    .        |  |  |  |        .    |  |	
|  | Move chip   |  |  |  |   Move chip |  | 	Subject behind screen (2)
|  | but not     |  |  |  |   but not   |  | 	(To help compare with above.)
|  | window      |  |  |  |   window    |  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |

Example 4: Subject of various distances
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |
|  |             |  |  |  |             |  |	
|  | INF.NITY    |  |  |  |     INF.NITY|  |	(Does text look larger
|  |  3 Back.    |  |  |  |     3 Back. |  |   	 the further back it is?)
|  |  Back two.  |  |  |  |    Back two.|  | 
|  |  One back.  |  |  |  |   One back. |  |
|  |  At screen. |  |  |  |  At screen. |  |
|  |   Forward 1.|  |  |  |  Forward 1. |  |
|  |     Up 2.   |  |  |  |   Up 2.     |  |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   | 
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |
|  | .      '    |  |  |  |     .      '|  |	
|  |____.________|  |  |  |________.____|  |	
|  |   ....      |  |  |  |      ....   |  |	
|  |  o . . o    |  |  |  |    o . . o  |  |	
|  | .  .  .  .  |  |  |  |  .  .  .  . |  |	
|  |O   .   .   O|  |  |  |O   .   .   O|  |	
|  |    .    .   |  |  |  |   .    .    |  |	
|  |    .     .  |  |  |  |  .     .    |  |	
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|  -------------    |  |   -------------   |	Window back (1).
| |  .      '   |   |  |  |     .      '|  |	
| |_____._______|   |  |  |________.____|  |	
| |    ....     |   |  |  |      ....   |  |	
| |   o . . o   |   |  |  |    o . . o  |  |	
| |  .  .  .  . |   |  |  |  .  .  .  . |  |	
| | O   .   .   |   |  |  |O   .   .   O|  |	
| |     .    .  |   |  |  |   .    .    |  |	
| |     .     . |   |  |  |  .     .    |  |	
|  -------------    |  |   -------------   |
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
|                   |  |                   |
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |
|  |             |  |  |  |             |  |	
|  |____.________|  |  |  |________.____|  |	
|  |   ..U.      |  |  |  |      ..U.   |  |	Are the "U"s close to the same 
|  |  . .   .    |  |  |  |    . .   .  |  |	size?
|  | o  .     o  |  |  |  |  o  .     o |  |	
|  |O   .  |   |O|  |  |  |O   .|   |  O|  |	
|  |    .  |   | |  |  |  |   . |   |   |  |	
|  |    .   \_/  |  |  |  |  .   \_/    |  |	
|   -------------   |  |   -------------   |
|                   |  |                   |
 - - - - - - - - - -    - - - - - - - - - -
          |                      |


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