P3D RE: P3D Re: Converting 2D into Simulated 3D

[Eddie Bowers <eddieb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>There's a big difference between a SIGGRAPH paper and a marketable 
>product.  The paper usually means a couple of researchers have managed to 
>accomplish this for a few, generally carefully chosen, special cases.

Exactly. I see this all the time. If you ever read old popular mechanics you
will see all kinds of amazing things that never surfaced. You figure out
pretty quick that things are more complicated when it comes down to creating
a product.

If you take a picture of a doughnut on edge with these devices, they don't
know that it has a hole. Or tasty sprinkles on the other side :)

-Eddie