Gadget promises 3D video without the headaches
DEC 08, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024887
New Scientist : Rob Black, a graduate student at the University of Liverpool, is developing a modern, compact version of an old invention, a synopter, which renders two-dimensional images three-dimensional. Unlike the glasses used for viewing 3D movies or 3D television, the synopter doesn’t require viewers to focus on the screen, which can cause headaches. Rather, through mirrors and lenses, the synopter delivers exactly the same field of view to both eyes. Doing so paradoxically evokes the brain’s ability to extract depth clues from flat images.
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