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From: wetter@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: 3D display (Was: replacing the desktop metaphor)
Message-ID: <9076@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 11 Jan 89 21:18:15 GMT
References: <18963@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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> A year ago, at MacWorld Expo SF, E-Machines was demonstrating an
> experimental 3D monitor for the Mac II along these lines.  The glasses
> were of polarizing plastic, and were similar to light sunglasses when
> looking at anything but the screen.  The screen proper was behind an
-> LCD layer, which changed its polarization with each refresh.  The
-> screen was extra bright to get around the light loss through the
-> polarizer.
 
-> The video card alternated between two images according to one of the
-> color bits, although they were planning a version which had two image
-> buffers.
 
    You can actually buy this for home. The Sega video game system has a pair
of the LCD glasses, and a series of 3D games. Even if you don't have, a sega
you could always buy them and use them on your own mac.

Pierce
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