Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!joyce!unix!mplvax.sri.com!MSW From: MSW@mplvax.sri.com (Mark S. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: real 3D on screen - no glasses Message-ID: Date: 1 Sep 89 18:04:00 GMT Sender: news@unix.SRI.COM Organization: Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Lines: 32 If there was a technique that would allow you to produce images with a pronounced 3-D depth effect, without using special glasses or other equipment, would anyone be interested in trying it out? Well, believe it or not, there does exist such a technique, although it doesn't seem to be widely known - at least to my knowledge. An engineer friend of mine and his girlfriend witnessed a short demonstration of this technique on tv a couple of years ago, and were quite impressed. And no, I'm not talking about the method that requires objects to be in motion to produce the effect. I did some research and found a short article in a magazine about it. The inventors names were cited, and this allowed me to have an online patent search done and then obtain a copy of the patent. The amiga is a perfect machine to use this technique, and boy would it shine if this was used in Commedore's upcoming advertizing campaign. I've thought about making copies of the patent description and sending them to Commedore, commercial software companies that could benefit from this, and user groups, but I haven't gotten around to it yet, and I don't have all the companies addressess. If there's an interest, I'll post the patent number and an abstract. I haven't seen the effect myself, but even if marginal, it's got to be of great benefit to the amiga community. Of course, to use this technique commercially, one would have to make arrangments with the patent holder. msw@mplvax.sri.com