WHERE CAN YOU FIND MORE 3-D PICTURES?

After you are done with the "Showcase", go to the bottom of our first page and check out the 3-D WebRing.   Choose "List All Sites".  Take a closer look at those websites than mention "cross eyed views" in their description.  Alternatively, go to any search engine of your choice.  To look for 3D images using different viewing methods, use the search word "Stereoscopic".  To look for side-by-side pictures only, search for the terms "Stereoscopic" associated with "cross eyed".

FYI: We researched tens of methods of viewing 3-D.  Only two show 3D images without compromising picture quality.  One of them is our prismatic viewer.  Advanced users and VR buffs should also try liquid crystal 3D glasses.  These glasses act like a pair of shutters synchronized with the computer screen - where the left/right images alternate at high speed.  Please contact us if you have an application requiring such a setup.  (Our preferred supplier for LCD glasses is VRJoy).  

If you need to reach the general consumer market with 3D images, the most user friendly method is anaglyphic (red-cyan filters).  The anaglyphic method entails some compromise in color quality - but the newer filters work quite well.  For the consumer markets, the user friendliness is more important than high color fidelity.  For more information on anaglyphs, please visit our anaglyphic website. 

If you only want to have some fun, or you are trying to use 3-D as a tool for mass communication, then you want to stay away from methods that entail special software or equipment.  While navigating the "3-D WebRing", you could see even more pictures if you first install a special program or a plug-in (as required by some websites).  By all means, download them if 3-D imaging is something important to you.  But if you simply want to look at some 3-D images, or to try some casual 3-D photography on your own, then you don't need to tinker with the computer!

You'll also find many stereo images for "parallel view" on the WebRing.  At first glance they look similar to "cross eyed" images, but the left/right positions are reversed.  You can tell, because the stereo depth perception contradicts the perspective.  To view those images, you can hold the viewer to one side, so you only look through one prism.  The eye convergence is reversed, and the viewing distance doubles.  The "parallel" method is not as reliable as the "cross eyed" method, for which your viewer has been designed.