 Return to: Photo of the Month Gallery Page One Gallery Page Two Gallery Page Three This stereo image gallary uses the latest web viewing technology. The web browser "plug-in" called DepthCharge is supported, and we use the Java applet called Stereoscope. Both of these programs provide the user with a wide variety of stereo viewing options. These program read JPS files, the Joint Photograph and Electronics Group standard for stereo images. JPS files are JPEG format files that contain a cross eyed stereo pair.  The Stereoscope Java applet, by Andreas Petersik, is automatically downloaded to your computer and will run if your web browser is Java 1.1 enabled. If you are unsure if you have Java 1.1 enabled, then visit the Stereoscope web site (see button below). NOTICE: If you do not have the current Java runtime libraries installed with Win95/98 MS-Internet Explorer then Stereoscope will not work. When you download Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0 it DOES NOT install the "Virtual Machine" Java runtime. You need download and install them. Download the latest Java runtime from Microsoft. It is worth it for this and other Java applets!   The DepthCharge web browser plug-in can be downloaded from the VRex web site and installed on your computer. DepthCharge is the prefered method for VRex VR-Surfer and works well with other LCS (Liquid Crystal Shutter) glasses and even supports stereoscopic movie files. It will work on Windows 95/98/NT and also provides many stereo viewing options for those without LCS glasses.   In addition, if your browser is not Java enabled and you do not want to install a plug-in, we have a plain old red/blue anaglyph option. An excellent explanation of the many viewing methods can be found at the VRex 3D Expo web site. The basic ways of viewing 3D on the web are: Anaglyphic (Red/Blue). The most common stereo format. Each eye is presented with a different image by filtering out the color of the image for the other eye. Colors are distorted so a black and white image is commonly used. It is traditional to place the red filter over the left eye. Cross eyed. Two images are displayed side by side with the stereo pair reversed so the left is on the right and the right on the left. If you cross your eyes the image can be viewed in 3-D. Parallel or "freeview". Two images side by side as they would appear on a classic stereoview card from the 1800's. Parallel viewing works best when the two images are about 2.5 inches apart on the screen. Use Stereoscope or DepthCharge to adjust the size of the image. Try different sizes and see which is best for you. LCS glasses. The most common form of images for LCS glasses is the interlaced stereo pair. The two images of the stereo pair are combined into one image by interleaving one video line from the left, then one from the right, and so on. When veiwed with LCS glasses the glasses present the even lines containing one image to one eye, then the image in the odd lines to the other eye. This alternates 30 to 60 times per second, depending on the refresh rate of your computer monitor. Another approach is "page flipping" which supplies higher resolution because the left and right images do not lose every other line. Unfortunately "page flipping" is not compatible with most systems. See Christoph Bungert's Stereo3D.com web site for more information on LCS systems. |