Re: Stereo's Future

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Megapixel computer displays are about $300 these days.  Why wait for HDTV?

I don't know about you, but my wife won't go for me setting up my Computer
in our Living room.  See further below.

> > > Lets look at it another way.  Holmes cards are still popular.  The resolution of
> >
> > Can I just take pictures with my P&S camera and have the photofinisher
> > give Holmes cards back to me?
> 
> That is a piece of cake with a digital camera so long as the two frames have a
> consistant registration.  You don't need any photofinisher support, just access to
> the hardware.  The manipulation to correct for inconsistancies in lens magnification
> and distortion etc is simple in the digital darkroom.

I didn't mean that one COULDN'T make one, but are millions and millions of
people *doing* that which you suggest every year?  I suspect that it's
NOT a popular format for current day photographers.

I *do* think you have mentioned a fun thing to do once in a while!

> Converting digital data to a 4x6 print requires far less capital investment to get
> the quality of one hour photolabs.

Who's capital investment?  Mine?  I don't want to do that.  That's
for others to do.  I just want to spend as little as I can on the
camera.  Even that'll become obsolete soon and I'll have to make
*another* "investment".  :-)

The current film-based P&S "solution" has by far and away the smallest
capital cost requirement for users in their mid to short term outlook.
Zero money is required for the viewing device.

> > And although I think there is a solution, I don't think
> > it's been presented to the marketplace as yet.  I think it a toughie.
> 
>  We may agree about difficulty, but I think the increasing use and competition among
> 3D computer interfaced goggles is going to open the door as they become common
> computer interfaces.

It's that I don't believe that in one's home (place of social events) that 
people will have their PC at the center of their gathering.  Not
currently.  This is where photo's are normally shown (the gathering
points).  I don't think the PC is "there" in most cases.  Purely my
WAG based upon where my computer is and where the computers of family
and friends are located.

The HDTV idea isn't so much for technical reasons, but that it
would be located at a social gathering point in people's homes.
Also, it may be something that's already gotten for other reasons,
so it'd be something to leverage off of.

Mike K.


P.S. - Another alternative would be the day when large-screen wide-angle
       goggle-compatible laptops become very inexpensive and commonly used
       as one's home computer (and home computers increase their household
       penetration even further).  Maybe with a built in DVD-RAM disk drive.
       Don't think this will be soon either.


       


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