Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!greipa!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!rl From: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Robert Langridge%CGL) Newsgroups: net.graphics Subject: Re: Stereo Picture TV Message-ID: <564@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 05:46:09 EDT Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.564 Posted: Sat Jul 6 05:46:09 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 05:32:25 EDT References: <8794@ucbvax.ARPA> Reply-To: rl@ucsfcgl.UUCP Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Lines: 22 In article <8794@ucbvax.ARPA> bradley@esvax.UUCP (Paul Bradley) writes: >When is somebody going to come out with a good stereo picture tv system? > It seems like all that is needed is an electrically controllable >polarizer in front of the screen, say a fast liquid crystal panel. >Alternate images would be visible to each eye if you wore polarized glasses. Tektronix has one. Biggest so far I believe is 12" square. Not yet commercially available. Anyone at Tek care to comment? >I've seen color stereo slides using a projector which projected two images >of different polarizations and a special screen which did not disturb the >polarization. I've used this system for years to show 3d pictures of big molecules such as proteins and DNA. It is also possible, though more complicated, to show single projector 3d movies. Bob Langridge ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!rl (UUCP) Computer Graphics Laboratory 926 Medical Sciences rl@berkeley (ARPA) University of California San Francisco CA 94143 Phone: +1 415 666 2630