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>(Maybe modern VR headsets with stereo displays would work for me as well; I don't know -- I tried an early one in the 1990s and it didn't work for me, but obvi

by SSLy 6y ago

>(Maybe modern VR headsets with stereo displays would work for me as well; I don't know -- I tried an early one in the 1990s and it didn't work for me, but obviously that was ancient tech) I have a similar condition, and in fact only VR headsets and IMAX screens work for me. 3DS doesn't :<

JohnBooty 6y ago
That sure makes a lot more sense than my experience. The 3DS' lenticular system is kind of flawed -- though I wonder if that's perhaps part of why it works for me, somehow. I've never heard anybody else say, "only the 3DS worked for me" I saw an IMAX 3D movie once but I forget how that system worked. Was it a shutter system, or was it like an updated version of the old red/blue system that relied on polarization somehow? I haven't tried a modern VR headset. Honestly, I'd always kind of assumed that they wouldn't work because ViewMasters never worked for me back in the day. As primitive as ViewMasters were, they actually did provide fully stereoscopic images with a separate photo for the right and left eye, no lenticular or polarized or shutter system trickery involved. May I ask what your eye condition is? In my case, I was born with a cataract on my lens and my lens was removed circa 1980, before transplants were common. So that eye has just been chillin' without a lens ever since. I can see light and shapes, but I can't read the big "E" on the eye chart at the optomotrist's office.
- SSLy 6y ago
  The IMAX system, at least in my Cinema City venue, uses polarization. I've also tried Real 3D cinemas but that didn't work. >May I ask what your eye condition is? I don't know if it's neurological but I just don't register depth w/o forcing it. I have astigmatism and short-sightedness.
  - JohnBooty 6y ago
    Interesting. (And more importantly, sorry to hear that) So, your brain gets a stereo signal, but because of the "fuzziness" of far-away objects, it doesn't "compute" the depth information? That makes sense to me, but - corrective lenses don't improve the issue? That's fascinating. Is that common with astigmatism? I don't know too much about depth perception issues outside of my own experience. (One might say I'm short-sighted in that regard... har har har)
    - SSLy 6y ago
      >So, your brain gets a stereo signal, but because of the "fuzziness" of far-away objects, it doesn't "compute" the depth information? No, I doubt that's the issue, corrective glasses don't help here at all. >Is that common with astigmatism? I don't know, lol. I've got used to live with it, doesn't bother me during day to day life.
      - JohnBooty 6y ago
        Hahaha yeah, same here. I'm not typically bothered by my lack of depth perception at all -- it's just what I'm used to. Still, it was super cool to catch a glimpse of that elusive third dimension thanks to Nintendo's little wonder!

by SSLy 6y ago

JohnBooty 6y ago

That sure makes a lot more sense than my experience. The 3DS' lenticular system is kind of flawed -- though I wonder if that's perhaps part of why it works for me, somehow. I've never heard anybody else say, "only the 3DS worked for me" I saw an IMAX 3D movie once but I forget how that system worked. Was it a shutter system, or was it like an updated version of the old red/blue system that relied on polarization somehow? I haven't tried a modern VR headset. Honestly, I'd always kind of assumed that they wouldn't work because ViewMasters never worked for me back in the day. As primitive as ViewMasters were, they actually did provide fully stereoscopic images with a separate photo for the right and left eye, no lenticular or polarized or shutter system trickery involved. May I ask what your eye condition is? In my case, I was born with a cataract on my lens and my lens was removed circa 1980, before transplants were common. So that eye has just been chillin' without a lens ever since. I can see light and shapes, but I can't read the big "E" on the eye chart at the optomotrist's office.

SSLy 6y ago
The IMAX system, at least in my Cinema City venue, uses polarization. I've also tried Real 3D cinemas but that didn't work. >May I ask what your eye condition is? I don't know if it's neurological but I just don't register depth w/o forcing it. I have astigmatism and short-sightedness.
- JohnBooty 6y ago
  Interesting. (And more importantly, sorry to hear that) So, your brain gets a stereo signal, but because of the "fuzziness" of far-away objects, it doesn't "compute" the depth information? That makes sense to me, but - corrective lenses don't improve the issue? That's fascinating. Is that common with astigmatism? I don't know too much about depth perception issues outside of my own experience. (One might say I'm short-sighted in that regard... har har har)
  - SSLy 6y ago
    >So, your brain gets a stereo signal, but because of the "fuzziness" of far-away objects, it doesn't "compute" the depth information? No, I doubt that's the issue, corrective glasses don't help here at all. >Is that common with astigmatism? I don't know, lol. I've got used to live with it, doesn't bother me during day to day life.
    - JohnBooty 6y ago
      Hahaha yeah, same here. I'm not typically bothered by my lack of depth perception at all -- it's just what I'm used to. Still, it was super cool to catch a glimpse of that elusive third dimension thanks to Nintendo's little wonder!