P3D Re: World's Dumbest 3D Question?

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 23:54:42 -0600
>From: "Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Re: World's Dumbest 3D Question?

>From: Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Another common one is, "If I make double copies of my pictures,
>>will they be 3-D?" I have to admit this one is not often posed
>>as a question, since they're sure they have figured it out.

>Sadly, this all stems from a lack of understanding as to how stereoscopy
>works.  All these anecdotes "prove" is that there's a lot of education
>remaining to be done as to how binocular vision and stereopsis work.

I agree - anything we can do to help educate the public about 3D
(especially that some kinds of 3D *do* work well) is helpful.

>Rather than making fun of them, shouldn't we be educating them
>ourselves?  A lot of folks on this list already are going the extra mile
>to do so.  What if we all did?

Gabriel's such a nice guy, I can't imagine him giving anything but a polite
and helpful reply to a question from a non-3D person. It's fun to recount
these episodes among other 3D enthusiasts. (Of course, if you just told
the non-3D person how to subscribe to P3D, they may read your story. :-)

John R



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