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Article #1303Re: 3D display (Was: replacing the desktop metaphor)
From: Pierce T. Wetter
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 21:18
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 21:18
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> A year ago, at MacWorld Expo SF, E-Machines was demonstrating an
> experimental 3D monitor for the Mac II along these lines. The glasses
> were of polarizing plastic, and were similar to light sunglasses when
> looking at anything but the screen. The screen proper was behind an
-> LCD layer, which changed its polarization with each refresh. The
-> screen was extra bright to get around the light loss through the
-> polarizer.
-> The video card alternated between two images according to one of the
-> color bits, although they were planning a version which had two image
-> buffers.
You can actually buy this for home. The Sega video game system has a pair
of the LCD glasses, and a series of 3D games. Even if you don't have, a sega
you could always buy them and use them on your own mac.
Pierce
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!elroy!cit-vax!wetter From: wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,alt.cyberpunk Subject: Re: 3D display (Was: replacing the desktop metaphor) Message-ID: <9076@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: 11 Jan 89 21:18:15 GMT References: <18963@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 22