P3D Value of LCS glasses

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 
>From: "Harold R. Baize" writes:
>
>Sam Smith relates that he can't get his 3-D Spex to 
>work, and asks:
>
>>Will the glasses work on other systems, or would I be better
>>off just getting my $50 back?
>
>What computer system are you using? My 3-D Spex worked fine on 
>a Pentium with a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 video board. The 3-D 
>Spex are a parallel port synchronizing pair of glasses, the 
>software that came with 3-D Spex were all DOS based rather than
>Windows 95. 

****  Go to the NuVision website and download newer software that is Win95
based... Interesting stuff. Their web plug-in allows you to adjust the image
alignment live while viewing... They have a Windows based slide show program
too that sequences through a series of stereo images, JPS, BMP, TIF etc.
They are still working on refining it so it's still simple, but nice.

>The LC glasses will plug into other driver-adapters 
>such as the VR-97 from APEC. In my opinion the glasses are valuable 
>for use with other systems if you can't interface your machine 
>with the 3-D Spex adapter. They will be a good second pair of 
>glasses for other LCS systems that use the stereo mini plug (not 
>IR transmitter types, such as VR Surfer). 
>

*****  CAUTION!!!  Be aware that there is now a new VESA spec for stereo
glasses and their plug-in devices. The current NuVision goggles do not
conform to that newer spec. What that means is that you can't freely expect
to substitute these glasses into just ANY plug-in. I don' t know if the VESA
spec for the plug prevents such mistakes, but it might be different just for
this purpose. NuVision expects to have a newer model of 3D-Spex out that
will plug in to devices that use the new spec... Most video cards will
eventually have stereo device plug-ins that conform to the standard driving
and control voltages.

Their existing model will still function fine as long as the correct
voltages and such are used. That means plugged into the parallel port
adapter provided by NuVision, or to the Total3D card from Canopus Corp.
Check with NuVision if you have any other arrangement you want to use.

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
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