World Map Testing

[RobA]

That stereo version looked like fun, so a few minutes of tinkering with POV later....(also a cross eye stereogram)



I changes the camera position slightly to get more shadow.

töff - the clouds do cast shadow, but they were a bit too close to the surface to show up. I increased the cloud elevation and opacity a bit this time.

Also- if anyone wants the (very simple) Povray source code for this scene, just let me know. All you have to do is change the bump and image map parameters, and you will get the same scene with your own planet.

-Rob A>

[Robbie]

I think but I'm not 100% sure that your images are crossed...For cross-eyed stereo pairs the images should be RL instead of LR....

To me the globe looks like its sunken in when I cross my eyes...so reversing the two will fix it...Like attached.


I've done a LOT of experimenting with Stereo Pairs...so much so that I made a program that lets me quickly create the pairs in one image...attaching

[RobA]

Thanks - That is a lot better! I wondered why I was getting a headache looking at mine that got worse the more I spaced the L&R images apart!

Thanks for the little program, works great!

-Rob A>

[Robbie]

From what I've seen the further away from the stereo pair you are the more dramatic the effect AND the less you have to cross your eyes. If you want to see some of my "experiments" you can see them at:

http://evilarcana.deviantart.com/art...tereo-46506811
http://evilarcana.deviantart.com/art...tereo-46506589
http://evilarcana.deviantart.com/art...tereo-46506467
http://evilarcana.deviantart.com/art...tereo-46506691

[ravells]

I think but I'm not 100% sure that your images are crossed...For cross-eyed stereo pairs the images should be RL instead of LR....

To me the globe looks like its sunken in when I cross my eyes...so reversing the two will fix it...Like attached.


I've done a LOT of experimenting with Stereo Pairs...so much so that I made a program that lets me quickly create the pairs in one image...attaching

That's really odd, for me, the image RobA posted originally looks convex and the reversed one posted by Arcana looks concave on the bottom left corner of the planet. I must have reversed eyes or something!

[landorl]

I know this doesn't help any, but those were COOL! I tried to see them in the full sized ones but couldn't, but on the smaller ones in the posts, they worked great!

[RobA]

Thread bump...

Here is a neat gallery of animated GIF stereograms. By rapidly alternating the two images you get a perception of the depth effect.

Not quite the same effect with a planet...


-Rob A>

[Karro]

Wow... cool.

I couldn't get the static stereograms to work for me (though I've seen it work with special glasses before)... but the animated ones are pretty cool. It gets a little hard on the eyes, but there's definitely a slight perception of depth!