Re: Realist notch, 3D CD, and Kodalux

[P3D Dan Shelley <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Adam L. Beckerman wrote:

> I think the 3D CD is a great idea.  

Great! =)

> Dan, it's difficult to tell if you're looking
> for people interested in submitting info., or 
> people interested in buying it, or both.  I 
> think you're looking for both, 

Yes, I am looking for all manners of feedback!

> but I have a few comments:  Your
> priority should be to see how many would buy it 
> since the costs associated with producing it must 
> be at least accounted for in order for it to be viable
> (this is pretty obvious though).  

Actually, I have no desire to make this a for profit venture. I hope
that 25 or so people would be able to spend and average of $25 each
($625) for the CD. That would allow me to break out at about even for
what I expect the time and hardware investment to be. If it goes beyond
that, GREAT!, but that is not my goal, and so far, only about 8 people
(including me) are interested...

> Placing free ads in club newsletters is
> a great way (as long as the editors are 
> willing to do so), 

Any editors willing??? (to buy even?) =)

> As far as the people submitting info., I'm sure that you'd be able
> to come up with plenty of information to include.  But rather than YOU doing
> all the work, why not leave it up to the individuals to create and submit the
> information to you.  

I hope that people would be willing to have their entire site
represented on the CD... Let's see! =)

> ...can submit whatever we want (as little as 0 or as much as 10 MB) by the 
> deadline.

I like this... I think it would be a good size limit. However, one thing
I was thinging about adding is an 18 MB anaglyph created from a good
stereo pair on a Photo-3D... Then the viewer could zoom in and see
extremely specific detail without loss caused by comression, etc... It
is quite amazing, but obviously hard to share on the net.

> And as an incentive to get more information, you may be able
> to offer them some cut of the earnings (if there are any).  

Like I said in an earlier message, I think that a lower price for the CD
for people contributing sites would be a good idea. That way the sots of
production are still covered, and yet there is a small kickback for
their work creating their own site. Does that idea sound fair?

As I said, I am not interested in profit with this idea, just
preservation of Web 3D information and speed of access to it without the
need for actually being connected to the web. I think we can do this,
but I do need to hear more from you all before I start actively working
on this thing...

Dan Shelley
dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


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