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From: chris@spock (Chris Ott)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: ShowScan
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Date: 30 Jan 89 21:08:04 GMT
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cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz) writes:
> [Lots of stuff about how wonderful ShowScan is]
>   I wonder if they have tried ShowScan in 3D [120 frames/sec, 60 per
> eye]. To date, that would be the ultimate...

     Actually, I've heard that someone (George Lucas maybe?) has
experimented with a setup where showing 60 frames/sec allows the audience
to see in 3D _without_ glasses. Supposedly, they just alternate between
eyes, i.e. show a frame for the left eye for 1/60th of a second then a
frame for the right eye for another 1/60th of a second, and so on, so the
effective frame rate is actually 1/30th of a second. Still, 3D without
glasses sounds pretty nice.

--Chris

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