Jan 06 2009
Simulated Stereoscopic Photos
You can create simulated 3-D stereoscope photograph by wiggling two slightly different angles of the same pictures, as shown in this picture of my wife & daughter. I’ve been wanting to experiment with this for some time after reading about Wiggle Stereoscopy. I have created this image by showing two successive images in an animated gif picture made with ImageReady.
The two images I am using were not made with this technique in mind, but when I viewed them together it seemed to work. I think it might work better if I kept the camera on the same horizontal plane, rather than changing both horizontal and vertical viewing angle. But like I said, the two images were accidentally made.
We are able to see in 3-D because our two eyes see the world from slightly different angles. A Viewmaster toy is a good example of a true 3-D stereoscope. This technique is only simulated because you aren’t viewing both images at the same time. It’s still pretty cool, isn’t it? What do you think?
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I’m fascinated by how this works! At first I found it a little annoying because it just keeps jittering, but I think I’ve come to appreciate what it is able to do. What instances do you think you would use it for?
That is awesome–do you happen to know of a free download that will do this?
That’s cool. I’ve seen a version of this when I click through pictures I’ve taken. This puts it together. Hmmm… considering the possibilities.
Paul,
I think Gimp will do this. It is a free graphics application, but it would be a bit like trying to kill a mosquito with a sledgehammer. There used to be a number of small free gif animator programs out there, but I’ve lost track of what is available. Let me do some checking.
GiftedMotion sort of worked, but requires Java to work and it messed with the colors.
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