P3D Re: Computer Stereoscopic Display

[Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Safferson <stereoscopic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My question's related primarily to stills by I'd appreciate hearing
> about video as well if it's a computer stereoscopic display of a video
> rather than a VCR system.
> 
> And what is the prevailing "attitude" regarding viewing systems....page
> flipping, interlacing, other formats?

I wrote a technical summary of various PC-3D systems last year - it 
is available from:  http://info.curtin.edu.au/~iwoodsa/3D-PC
and it is also in the archives of photo-3d.

In summary, all systems have their pros and cons.  
 simplicity vs. complexity of the software,
 price (and simplicity or complexity) of the hardware,
 resolution and flickerlessness :-) of the displayed stereoscopic image.

In further summary, page-flipping in a non-interlaced high-resolution/high
frequency mode will offer the best stereo but for that you will need
a monitor with good specifications and a good graphics card - I believe
there are several on the market now.  The first card to support hardware
page-flipping was the Canopus Total-3d card (of which I have seen some 
new models of which I am not sure whether they still offer stereoscopic 
support) but there are now others.

It's really up to you what your needs and budget are.

Cheers,
Andrew.
 


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