P3D Re: motion parallax

[boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta)]

>
>Still stereo photography is different.  In movies you have a very
>strong motion paralax that gives you a good sense of depth.  In
>still photography you do not...  Considering the considerable
>complications introduced by shooting and presenting motion pictures
>in 3d, why would anyone try to do it without some special reason?
>The fact that we have two eyes is just not enough for me.
>
>George Themelis
>


A propos motion parallax:

Have members of P3D seen the ad on national TV, for some product I cannot
recall (there's some bad news for the marketing dept.), showing some
mountain bikers splashing through a mud puddle?

In mid splash, the scene is frozen, but the camera is not!!  They proceed
to dolly the camera in and around the scene, showing the water drops and
all, frozen in midair.  It is a dramatic example of the power of motion
parallax as a depth cue.  It is such an unusual special effect, that when I
first saw it, I did a double take, because I thought they had snuck 3-D TV
onto the market without telling P3D!

It is also evidence of the power of 3-D (even if simulated) to attract
attention, and how 3-D is marginally more important in advertising than any
other application.

Catch it.

Boris



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