Stereoscopic mapmaking...

[natty dread]

I thought some of you might find this interesting... The idea of making a stereoscopic map popped in my head suddenly, and I wanted to give it a shot... so here's a quick little proof-of-concept doodle:

show: How to look at stereoscopic images

Parallel view:

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Cross-eye view:

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[DiM]

imagine squinting your eyes, grinding your teeth, sweating like mad trying to see the stereoscopic image during a speed freestyle game.

and after all that you see this guy:

[koontz1973]

and after all that you see this guy:

[natty dread]

imagine squinting your eyes, grinding your teeth, sweating like mad trying to see the stereoscopic image during a speed freestyle game.

Lol, but I wasn't thinking of CC maps when I thought of this... I just thought it would be a cool thing to do.

[Industrial Helix]

I'm terrible at these games. I can never seem to look at the image just right.

[natty dread]

It takes practice.

[natty dread]

Here's a cross-eye version - I find them much easier to view than the parallel images. For cross-eye stereoscopy, you need to cross your eyes so that your left eye looks at the right image and right eye looks at the left image... It's easy, you just cross your eyes until the third image appears, then just sort of focus on the third image.

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[The Bison King]

Yeah cross eyed is easier.

Neato Torpedo!

[WILLIAMS5232]

now i need to go to the eye doctor i think,

thanks.

[MrBenn]

After about 15 minutes my wife asked me what I was doing and said I looked really stupid.

I couldn;t see anything other than the two map images and gave myself a headache.

Thanks for that. <sigh>

[Telvannia]

Does anyone have the old red and blue 3D glasses

Now there is a thought, castle battle; supersized and 3D

[natty dread]

After about 15 minutes my wife asked me what I was doing and said I looked really stupid.

I couldn;t see anything other than the two map images and gave myself a headache.

Thanks for that. <sigh>

Maybe I'm not the best at explaining the technique...

Try the cross-eye version, it's much easier. All you do is cross your eyes, like when looking at something really close. Try putting a finger next to the tip of your nose and staring at your finger, then just slowly move the finger away while keeping your eyes in that position. You should see the 2 map images as 3 images now, with the middle image being a sort of overlay of the 2. Once you can focus your gaze on the 3rd image, you should see it in 3d.

Again, it takes practice... and seems to be easier for some than for others.

[rdsrds2120]

I can't see the parallel one (I think due to nystagmus), but the cross-eyed one worked out nicely. Neat.

-rd

[zimmah]

I'm terrible at these games. I can never seem to look at the image just right.

me neither, everyone sees all kind of cool stuff and i just get a headache.

i think they just lie about it or something.

[DiM]

I'm terrible at these games. I can never seem to look at the image just right.

me neither, everyone sees all kind of cool stuff and i just get a headache.

i think they just lie about it or something.

it's something like the emperor's new clothes