P3D Re: List fragmentation

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:46 PM 3/25/98 -0700, you wrote:
>As Dan said, P3d is the "mother" of the 3d lists.  We have shifted the
>discussion from changing P3d to creating a new list.  I see this as 
>something being added to our knowledge and experinces, not subtracted.
>Ron Labbe summed it nicely when he said that this "digital 3d" field
>is of such nature (rapid changing, potential for future impact) that
>deserves its own space to grow.

I take the opposite view.  "Digital 3D" is of such importance that it
deserves NOT to be segregated off into some other list.  Digital image
processing will affect ALL image manipulators, film-based or CRT-based.
What about processing images digitally and then outputting back to film?
What list does that belong in?  It's becoming more and more common.

This list has always been about stereoscopic 3D imagery.  It has always
been host to a discussion of a wide range of capture, storage and viewing
technologies.  Why pick one set of these and isolate it from the rest?

-pd


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