P3D re: Toy Story --> 3-D

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:37 AM -0700 1/27/00, photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I am working on a seminar on this topic right now for a company that
>sells a 3-D rendering package.  There are a couple things that CG
>artists do that appear to be three-dimensional, but are actually
>two-dimensional.  We don't get caught because our work is usually
>shown in 2D, but if you stuck in a second virtual camera and made a
>stereo pair, the effect would be exposed.

I put an example on my web site.  You can get a feel for the idea if 
you look at http://www.deering.org/raydemo

This page shows a model of a locomotive I am working on right now, 
and points out a few issues that need consideration when you make 
stereo pairs from a 3D model.

Tom Deering