P3D JPS Standard

[John Toeppen <toeppen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I too have been enjoying Danís CD.  The rapid access to large image
files sure beats the slow online download.  I am an advocate of the JPS
format for web viewing (RL jpg pair).  First, it works with my VRSurfer
LC glasses (money well spent) and it works for others using the crosseye
and other methods.  Since JPS images can be converted to any viewing
format, my advice is "Get Depth" from VRex.com for free.
Walleye limits the image size to 2 ‡" and thus is a small image.  As I
paid bucks for a hot monitor and want to use all available pixels, the
crosseye viewing allows two side by side images that can be more than 6"
wide.  Side by sides still leave pixels of the monitor unused.  What a
waste.
Anaglyphs certainly works as 3D,  and uses the full screen, but at the
loss of correct color.  While this is not a problem for some subjects,
it certainly prevents photorealism in high color situations.  For some
of us who are familiar with Realist format cameras, viewers, and
projectors there is no going back.  It has got to be full color, high
resolution, or why bother.
Liquid crystal glasses are only fifty bucks from VRex.  I run mine at
117 Htz for flicker-free wireless viewing of images at 1024 x768 on a
17" Iiyam with a Millennium video board.  My resolution is below that of
my Red Button or Kodaslide II, but well above that of a Tru Vue or other
small film  pair system. This method of viewing is the stereo card of
the next century.
While the classic stereo camera may be a preferred way to capture stereo
stills, it is difficult to share your images.  Setting up a projector
and using it is a task, and showing to a hundred people usually requires
a few shows and some careful planning.  The easiest place to show your
images is on the web.
This path will become clear to those who begin to travel it.
This will not replace slide shows.  There are no suitable replacements
for some things.
The electronic format allows us to enlarge our group.  Future Web
snapshots like Danís CD will have more "ready to go images"   compiled
in the JPS format.  The technology has arrived.  Join in, mux up, get
Depth.

John Toeppen
http://home.pacbell.net/toeppen/




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