P3D Re: San Francisco area

["Oleg Vorobyoff" <olegv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lawrence Kaufmann wrote,
>
>Watkins made more images in stereo than in any other format. Original
>stereo cards will be displayed. In an effort to optimize viewing
conditions
>for these images, a separate room will contain twelve computer
viewing
>stations, designed specifically for the exhibition. The viewing
stations will
>provide access to approximately 200 stereo cards by Watkins,
organized
>by year, subject matter and region. Using LCD glasses the museum
visitor
>will see the selected images in 3D.
>


The photographs are great.  But never having experienced it before, I
was quite disappointed with the computer stereo.  The apparent depth
of the cards was about two inches forward and two inches behind the
monitor screen.  The forward parts of the images were confusing since
they were usually in conflict with the frame of the monitor.  Is there
some inherent limitation in the medium that prevents one from seeing
more depth?  I would like to see an apparent depth of perhaps twelve
inches behind the screen.  Possible?

The resolution of the computer images was also poor - the actual
stereo cards are much sharper.  Resolution can easily be improved with
better monitors and larger image files.  But it looks like a long
time, if ever, before computer images approach the experience of
viewing color slides in a hand viewer.

Oleg Vorobyoff


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