[opendtv] Re: 3-D TVs for industry: $64B; health research: zero
- From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:43:55 -0500
What I find interesting about this one is that at first I see two
floating islands, one with "Stop wasting your time" and one with "Get
a life" and later I see two of each, all floating. Could someone
explain that?
Bob Miller
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Try this one
>
> http://www.jasonunger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/magic-eye.gif
>
> See "Stop wasting your time" and "Get a life"
>
> Bob Miller
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:46 PM, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Have you ever seen those "3D" images that look at first glance like just a
>> pattern repeated over the entire page, but if you stare at it long enough,
>> you eventually can see a 3D image within? I believe Magic Eye is one type
>> of the images I am describing. They're hard to see at first, because your
>> eye needs to focus at a close distance, but your eyes need to converge at a
>> point much further away. It takes a while for your brain to decouple left
>> eye-right eye convergence with focal distance.
>>
>> This may also be the cause of some people's discomfort with 3D movies.
>> Their eyes are clearly focused at whatever distance they are from the
>> screen, but the 3D depth may not be set at that eye convergence angle for
>> that distance.
>>
>> This is of course exacerbated with small screens viewed at a closer
>> distance. You may be seated at the same number of picture heights away from
>> the screen in a large theater and seated at your laptop, but your eyes are
>> converged and focused at two different angles, giving your brain different
>> starting points to "decode" the 3D being viewed.
>>
>> Is this the difficulty you speak of when trying to create one 3D program to
>> be viewed on vastly different screen?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mark Schubin
>>
>> So any complaints should
>> go to the broadcaster of the 3D program, or the producer of the DVD/Blu-ray
>> disc. They should quickly learn to produce with the optimum amount of depth.
>>
>> A tricky proposition when their broadcasts may be seen on screens ranging
>> from one-inch to 152 inches and at a very broad range of viewing distances.
>>
>
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