P3D Re: panoramic digital stereo

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/1/99, Rod Sage wrote:
>I just found this sight mentioned in the local paper:
>http://www.panopticvision.com/
>
>They have devoloped a 360 degree panoramic digital camera which also
>seems to have stereo capabilities. I don't seem to be able to down load
>the analglyph image. The analglyph thumbnail is in stereo though. It
>uses "Live Picture" whatever that is. I can see the spherical image
>which uses "Live Picture Java Viewer". The camera doesn't seem to have a
>method of using two lenses. Any ideas how this would work?

The web site is very thin, and has almost no information on it.  They say
the camera has "left and right" settings for stereo, but not a peep more.
Sounds like a slidbar arrangement. I'm guessing they get stereo by taking
two separate panoramas, which would obviously only work for still-lifes.

It's vaguely interesting, but they don't seem to understand what a web site
is for.  Three unviewable photos and a couple of frothy paragraphs do not
make a compelling web site.




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