P3D Re: VM & kids

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:42 AM 7/31/98 , you wrote:
>>>>Personally, I never knew ViewMaster was 3D until I got into stereo
>photography as an adult.  We did have VM as kids, but I never had
>any idea that I was seeing anything fundamentally different than my
>dad's flattie slides.  I'm constantly amazed when, in trying to
>explain stereo slides to folks, they immediately jump in with "oh,
>you mean like those ViewMasters we had when we were kids!"  Really,
>I had absolutely no idea.
>
>Paul Talbot<<<
>
>Hmmm... OK, but I maintain that most kids DO see something different than
>their dad's flattie slides... I did, my wife did (she remembers very fondly
>being whisked away into the world of Alice in Wonderland)...
>
>Any other thoughts?
>
>(BTW, I also maintain that kids are more receptive to stereopsis and that
>adults, being immersed in a 2D media world, tend to lose this ability to
>varying degrees. I've done enough projection shows for various audiences
>including many grade schools.)

I have very clear memories of being blown away by View-Master images as a
child, and specifically by the depth.  That's what got me interested in the
first place.  One of the demo reels I had showed two images side by side
... one mono and black and white, and the other stereo and in color.  The
caption read "Stereo and color makes pictures come to life."  The stereo
effect was very obvious.

-pd


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