Stereo 3D Tank Pictures Challenge!

vertex · #1 12-12-2005, 03:40 AM

OK, Its a challenge to see these. Some people have it and others require some practice.. However, here they are, good luck..

I've done these before and every now and then I just HAVE to post new ones. The first two show depth really nicely and the second two, not as great but still very cool.

Post your own if you have any!!!

**Viewing Instructions**

To view this, you need to sit back from your monitor (at least 4' away, more is often easier until you learn to focus on it) and cross your eyes until the two images line up. The right is the left eye and the left is the right eye so it will appear in full 3D once you get it in aligned and in focus... Focus is hard to get if you've never trained your eyes to do this before, once they line up, just keep staring and your eyes will suddenly get it and the image will just pop out at you!!

Another method if you can't cross your eyes very easily is to hold your finger in front of you while looking at the pictures and make the two images you see of your finger tip cross the same area of each image to help line them up in the background. Then look at the tip of your finger and the two images should be lined up, pull your finger out of the way at the exact time as you blink, and your eyes "might" focus on the image. Blinking works for some, not for others.

Let me know what you think if you can "see" these. The 3D effect is REALLY worthwhile if you are new to this...

Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any eye strain, headaches, aches and pains, muscle twitching, soreness, color loss, eye damage, furry, rage or any type of mental insanity that may be induced by prolonged periods of staring at your monitor cross eyed. View at your own risk!!

OK, maybe I should have put that at the top of the message !!
Mike

marie · #2 12-12-2005, 03:46 AM

The problem is both pics don't fit on my screen

vertex · #3 12-12-2005, 03:49 AM

I'd recommend you save them then and view em then if you run a low resolution (yikes, I thought they were too small on my 1600*1200!!) where you can change the size or zoom for viewing them. Other browsers like Opera or Firefox can zoom any page up or down which would work also if you have one of those.

They work best a little smaller so sit back farther or zoom out until you can see them easily. Then try it full screen to see the detail in em...

muck · #4 12-12-2005, 04:43 AM

Wow!! That is really neat. Any trick to making them?
(It just looks like 2 identical pics side by side to me..)

Tarolisol · #5 12-12-2005, 04:47 AM

Wow thats awsome, didnt take me to long to get it, but took a while afterwards to put my eyes back to normal.

vertex · #6 12-12-2005, 05:09 AM

muck and tarisol,

Glad you could see them already! They are cool indeed! They are easy to make actually. I just take two pictures pointed at the same area, each with the camera moved about 5-10 cm sideways (the same width of your eyes is usually recommended). The trick is to take it of the same area exactly, use a tripod and all the same color/focus settings on your camera so things line up better.

Then put the left picture on the right and the right hand picture on the left side by side.

muck · #7 12-12-2005, 05:13 AM

Thanks for the tips Mike.
Think I might have to try that soon..

vertex · #8 12-12-2005, 05:15 AM

I'd love to see any that you or others try. I've seen them done lots but not of aquariums...

Delphinus · #9 12-12-2005, 06:43 AM

That's pretty neat. Course now I feel a little more loopy than usual ....

BT05 · #10 12-13-2005, 07:01 AM

A little trick that might work for some of you:

Cross your eyes slowly until you can a third image in the middle, don't attempt any focusing just let them blur out. There must be three complete images, partial ones will not work and your eyes will reset.

Once you are staring at three blurry images, begin slowly focusing on the middle one. Don't try to uncross your eyes or anything, just pay attention to the middle one and your eyes should focus themselves. The key is to maintain three images, once you start to lose the middle one your brain will interpret them as two separate images and the stereo effect is gone.

This should work regardless of the distance from the monitor, but is actually easier the closer you are.
Up your refresh rate to at least 85hz to reduce eye strain. At 60hz you will probably notice a wierd flickering effect.

The effect is amazing once you can jump across two different sets of stereo images without refocusing.

Oh and thanks for posting these! Great stuff!