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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Coke 3D
Message-ID: <15777@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 89 04:39:10 GMT
References: <8902071540.AA02699@terra.oscs.montana.edu> <3017@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <3017@ihlpm.ATT.COM> jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) writes:
>In article <8902071540.AA02699@terra.oscs.montana.edu>, iphwk@MTSUNIX1.BITNET (Bill Kinnersley) writes:
>> How does Coke-3D work?  Would it be possible to make a Coke-3D animation
>> for the Amiga?

>"Coke-3D" works by "slowing" the light getting to one eye so that a rotating
>object/scene/etc. will present one angle to one eye before the other. The

Actually, I think a more likely explanation is that Coke spent millions
in advertising before the Super Bowl, promising all this wonderful new
3D technology.  Millions of suckers went out and bought Coke, fattening
the pockets of the owners of Coke yet more, and getting their 3D
glasses--if they could.  Millions of viewers sat around Millions of TV
sets--with tens of thousands of pairs of 3D glasses.  By the time
Halftime rolled around, the combined effects of Coke caffeine, Bud, Bud
Lite, and media hype all served to confuse viewers so much that in
frantically passing around two pairs of 3D glasses among 15 people,
nobody seemed to notice that the 3D effect was completely
underwhelming.

Well, at least that's how *I* think it works.

-- 
Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP