P3D Re: Abram Klooswyk on stereoscope adjustments

[aifxtony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Alderson)]

>George Themelis wrote (digest 2878):
>But, "No Sir!". This is dictatorship. People today want democracy in
>stereo. They want the freedom to screw up the projector by misadjusting it
>to eliminate ghosting and sloppy mounting, screwing everyone's eyes in the
>process. Well, here is what I am going to do for these people:

>I will introduce a new stereo viewer with a control that allows you to
>move the lenses vertically, to satisfy those who cannot mount well, plus I
>will ask Bob Brackett to introduce a few more adjustments in his new
>projectors (how about a "rotation adjustment" or a "keystone distortion
>adjustment"? - there must be a reason that God gave us 10 fingers but only
>2 eyes.) Plus, supply the projectors with a dozen or so flexible cords for
>the entire club to join the fun. Here is a chance for all members to
>actively participate in the meetings. Every member will be assigned a
>separate control and "let the party begin!" <

Now George, you've got to reconsider how to handle democracy. May I propose
some alternatives?

Sometime ago, I submitted a design for adjustable stereo glasses to the 3D
News. They had opposing wedge prisms for correcting misalignments,
adjustable curtains for correcting masking, and even adjustable polarizers
(mainly to correct for psuedo, but you never know...) Now if you fix your
projector, but supply the 3D Miracle Specs to your audience, everyone can
pursue their own concept of stereoscopic happiness. (I understand the
engineering is somewhat difficult, perhaps I should mention this design was
an April Fools gag. That doesn't mean it wouldn't be done...)

A second alternative, more in keeping with the practice of American
Democracy, is to supply everyone with a control cable. There are two ways
to handle the input from these cables: the first is to average them all,
which will probably result in a null, i.e., no projector adjustment. (One
should engineer an overload default which will insure this result, of
course.) The more economical, and equally effective, method, is to connect
the cables to an empty black box. Again, the result is no projector
adjustment. However, as long as one protects the black box with layer of
magic (tech gobblydegook will suffice; see "Dilbert" for examples...),
everyone will FEEL they have fair input, and yet everyone will get good
stereo. End result: peace and bliss.

Dictatorship, whatever it's other merits, will only encourage resentment
and revolution. The key is to manufacture consent.  As Milo Minderbinder
said "Everybody owns a share!"  ;-)

Tony Alderson

P.S. Thanks to everyone, especially Abram Klooswyk, for their comments on
the topic of "interaxial vs. interocular."  I got a much needed laugh out
of it all.  I can stand the heat, but that doesn't mean I'm any use in the
kitchen.

"There is no try, there is only do or not do"  --Yoda




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