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In article <1116@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes:

>In article <5486@boulder.Colorado.EDU> hassell@tramp.Colorado.EDU
>(Christopher Hassell) writes:
>
>>I have heard about a VERY interesting though likely to fail new method of 
>>3-d displays.  It basically is like a crt except that a mirror *vibrates*
>[Edited...]
>>Any other Cheap <read Practical> ideas [Until Holograms can be dynamically 
>>projected]?
>
>Yes.  Design your graphical interface to alternate rapidly between two
>perspective images of the same object.  Interface that with a special pair
>of glasses whos lenses are made of a rapid acting LCD material.  Set the
>glasses so that the lenses alternate clear/dark in synch with the display.
>
>The result of this is that your eyes each see only the perspective view
>appropriate for that eye, and persistence of vision causes you to see
>it in full color 3-D.  (None of this red/green junk!)
>
>Such glasses and graphics already exist.  They are being used in at least
>one video game (some sort of driving game); and are available on the open
>market (not sure who from, check with comp.sys.amiga, since that's where
>I saw it mentioned most recently).  I've also seen at least one NOVA program
>that talked about them (computer graphics).

I know that such a system has been available for the Atari ST for at least a
year.  I seem to remember that the needed hardware cost about $170.  I would
assume that the same thing, or something similar, is available for other
computers.  Anyway, I tried it out in the shop on a few of programs (one
game and a few animated graphics displays), and found the 3D effect to be
pretty convincing, though the lower the ambient room light, the better it
seemed to work.


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