P3D Re: motion parallax

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 
>From: Boris Starosta writes:
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>>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

****  The fact of having two eyes IS enough for me, as it would be for
thousands of others if more good material were available in 3D format.
Thanks to IMAX that situation is being remedied. However there still isn't
one near me in N. CA.

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>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.
>

****  I've seen bikes in numerous ads, but not this particular one. If
anyone sees it again, I'd like to find out whose it is, and see it for
myself too!

Despite how great the effect is for the 2D medium, it would be even more
powerful if it were being done in stereo 3D. There is no escaping the fact
that stereo 3D is the way our eyes and brain work. When material is
presented in full stereo 3D, it's more effective than in 2D, most often.

I like stereo images, but stereo moving images are closer to the ultimate
immersive experience.

Larry Berlin

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