P3D Misc 3D sitings

[ronald-beck@xxxxxx]

In my quest for the perfect Christmas present (alright, any  Christmas 
presents), I've seen a few 3D items I thought I'd mention.

First, there was the microwave oven (Sanyo maybe?) at our local WalMart 
which advertised a "free ImageMagic camera inside".  I guess you can take 
3D photos of your new microwave and all the food you're making to entice 
your relatives.

The next item was in the craft section of our local Garden Ridge store (a 
mammoth hobby & craft store).  It consisted of two tops (the spinning 
kind).  One had a red pen and the other a blue/green pen.  The kit 
included anaglyph glasses, apparently matched to the pens.  The object is 
to spin the pens on a piece of paper and make 3D spirals.  An interesting 
concept and I almost bought it just to see what it looked like.

Finally, there was the ImageMagic camera w/o the microwave oven (at a 
greatly reduced price!) in the WalMart photo department.  A very prominent 
sticker on the box exclaimed "Return to WalMart for processing".  Further 
investigation determined that they then send it out to whoever to have it 
processed.  Turn around time is (according to the photo girl) "about two 
weeks".  So, since we have a trip to Disney World coming up soon, I may 
try one in addition to my Kodak Stereo and my trusty Konica FT1 mono.

It sounds like stereo is still "alive and well"!

Regards,
Ron


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