P3D Re: New VM Virtual Viewer

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rod Sage wrote:
> 
> Is it just me, or is anyone else disappointed in the new VM Viewer? I
> have recently started to wear glasses again after 20+ years of wearing
> contacts (I need bifocals). Anyway, the viewer has wings protruding on
> the sides of the lenses, plus the lenses are inset, so that my glasses
> are a full 22mm from the lenses.

I looked in one briefly when it was passed around at the VM
meeting at the convention.  It was not nearly as bad as I had
expected, based on seeing those "protruding wings."  Still, as
an eyeglass wearer, I wish I could get closer to the lenses to
see the entire image.

The Discovery viewer was also passed around at the meeting.
It is a combination binocular/VM viewer.  The reel sits
horizontally on top of the viewer, and a lever switches
between reel viewing and binocular mode.  While ingenious
in concept, this viewer was utterly useless as a reel viewer,
based on my experience with it.  I could not view the images
at all.  An eyeglass wearing lady seated next to me had the
same conclusion.

Paul Talbot


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