A Stereoscopic Pair of Oil Portraits
February 13, 2009 12:52 PM   Subscribe

 
See also Lincoln in 3d!
posted by delmoi at 1:08 PM on February 13, 2009


As is often the case, cross-eyed viewing is better if the images are reversed, I think.
posted by MrMoonPie at 1:11 PM on February 13, 2009


As is often the case, cross-eyed viewing is better if the images are reversed, I think

Yes -- these haven't been set up to do cross-eyed free viewing. But they work with regular free viewing, or if you are so inclined, they can be printed, cut out and viewed in a hand viewer to get a sneak preview of the installation as a whole.
posted by Toecutter at 1:18 PM on February 13, 2009


I was able to do the cross-eyed viewing. What a neat project.

It brought back memories learning how to free view stereoscopic images in a molecular biology class I took several years ago taught by Nick Cozzarelli. It was a great class - Cozzarelli made it all exciting and vibrant even though it was just a class taught to first year graduate students. He would bring in pieces of intertwined tubing to explain DNA topology, and was such a great teacher. I've seen other such courses taught by uninspired faculty more interested in getting their teaching requirements out of the way than anything else.

Thinking about him also brought back memories of him wearing a grass skirt at a lab party.

Now if only there were a stereoscopic image of that ...
posted by sciencegeek at 1:29 PM on February 13, 2009


Cross-eyed viewing works OK without reversing the images, but it works better if you flip them. Give it a try using two browser windows--the collar area is much deeper and more realistic, for instance.
posted by MrMoonPie at 1:59 PM on February 13, 2009


A poke in the good eye of all us amblyopians in the audience...
posted by jemfinch at 3:23 PM on February 13, 2009


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