Re: [photo-3d] Re: Manufactured Broke

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  In 1953 the stereoscopic movies were called "Three Dimensional" or "In
Three Dimensions".   It was the movie theater managers who, upon finding
this too wordy to fit on the marquee, changed the term to "3-D".

Of course, the computer graphics people liked the term and applied it to
flat images with perspective and shading, which confused many people.  I
recall many people in the early days of so-called "3-D graphics" tell me
that viewing glasses were unnecessary, because they saw 3-D without glasses
on their Mac or PC (which back then were called Apple computers or IBM
computers, regardless of the brand).

So, how about stereo?  It's obvious what the sound people did to that term.
Up until the mid 1950's, if you said that you owned a stereo, it meant that
you had a stereoscopic camera.  Things change.

JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert C Maxey" <bmaxey1@xxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Re: Manufactured Broke


> > Yet, after many years of apparently declining interest, there seems
> > to be somewhat of an increase today, possibly because of the
> > publicity gained through the Internet.
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> I agree - the Internet has helped. However, it confuses people as well.
> Do a search for 3D and the majority of sites you come up with are no
> Stereoscopic. They are for 3D products like graphics programs, video
> cards, other things not related to Stereoscopic. There is a difference
> between 3D and Stereoscopic.
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> Bob
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