Re: Flat projection - a painful experience

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997
>From: P3D Dr. George A. Themelis writes:
>
>While on the subject of stereo projection, here is an interesting 
>experience:
>
>In the PSA convention in St. Charles, after 2 days of stereo projection
>I went to attend a 2-d slide show by Frans Lanting, famous National
>Geographic photographer, "Okavango, Africa's Last Eden".
>
>Boy, was that painful!
>
>Luck of depth was nearly impossible for me to tolerate.  In some
>instances I thought I was seeing depth.  He needed a wider base, I
>was thinking.  Maybe if he just mounts his pairs a bit behind the
>window?  
>
>I was hallucinating of course.  Those image were as flat as a 2-d pancake
>and my system was not reacting well to them.  Why can't everybody shoot
>stereo? :-)


By George, I think you've hit on something here! Perhaps it is a good
strategy to provide the comparative experience when presenting 3D slides or
other stereo presentations. Include a few 2D pictures just to illustrate the
difference. It might create even more *converts* (wish a different word
could be used, but it fits).

Larry Berlin

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