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There's no mention anywhere on their product page that you'll need to pay additional fees to convert 2d images to 3d to display them, or that you can perform th

There's no mention anywhere on their product page that you'll need to pay additional fees to convert 2d images to 3d to display them, or that you can perform this service yourself with a bit less convenience (which I'd be perfectly happy with).

beowulfey 5y ago
They make the types of things that can be displayed on it pretty clear on their “Use Cases” page, IMO. I would not expect a 2D image to inherently show up on a 3D display; otherwise, what would the point be? Maybe your mindset is more indicative of the general population, but I do think most people understand that 3D holograms and 2D photos are different and would not expect a photo to suddenly have 3D properties on the display as if by magic (perhaps that is hoping too much though).
- OliverM 5y ago
  I don't have the expectation that putting 2D photos onto a 3D would magically work. I expect to need to convert them (it's a bit much to assume that I would think otherwise). I don't expect to have to buy credits to convert them. There's no mention that I need to, until you get to the extras page when you go to purchase. That changes the entire set of assumptions I had (from "I can play with this and use it to explore whatever I find interesting", to "I have to pay to use it in a way they dictate"). Since then I've found that you probably don't need to do that. But that's not the impression that 'extra' gives. They don't mention anywhere that you don't need the credits to do the conversion.
  - rtkwe 5y ago
    You can make your own 2D->3D conversion they’re charging to use their service to do it.
  - beowulfey 5y ago
    I think our difference is that you expected to be able to use 2D photos on this device at all. There is no third-dimensional information in a photo and to me it is amazing that there is a way to make them 3D. I never had the same thought you did because if something was not already 3D I would not have thought I could use it with this anyway. Perhaps this is why I am not bothered by them charging for the feature.
sp332 5y ago
Why would they mention things they don't sell on the product page? Do you expect Photoshop to mention "oh you could use something cheaper made by someone else"?
- OliverM 5y ago
  I don't expect them to mention that?

beowulfey 5y ago

They make the types of things that can be displayed on it pretty clear on their “Use Cases” page, IMO. I would not expect a 2D image to inherently show up on a 3D display; otherwise, what would the point be? Maybe your mindset is more indicative of the general population, but I do think most people understand that 3D holograms and 2D photos are different and would not expect a photo to suddenly have 3D properties on the display as if by magic (perhaps that is hoping too much though).

OliverM 5y ago
I don't have the expectation that putting 2D photos onto a 3D would magically work. I expect to need to convert them (it's a bit much to assume that I would think otherwise). I don't expect to have to buy credits to convert them. There's no mention that I need to, until you get to the extras page when you go to purchase. That changes the entire set of assumptions I had (from "I can play with this and use it to explore whatever I find interesting", to "I have to pay to use it in a way they dictate"). Since then I've found that you probably don't need to do that. But that's not the impression that 'extra' gives. They don't mention anywhere that you don't need the credits to do the conversion.
- rtkwe 5y ago
  You can make your own 2D->3D conversion they’re charging to use their service to do it.
- beowulfey 5y ago
  I think our difference is that you expected to be able to use 2D photos on this device at all. There is no third-dimensional information in a photo and to me it is amazing that there is a way to make them 3D. I never had the same thought you did because if something was not already 3D I would not have thought I could use it with this anyway. Perhaps this is why I am not bothered by them charging for the feature.

sp332 5y ago

Why would they mention things they don't sell on the product page? Do you expect Photoshop to mention "oh you could use something cheaper made by someone else"?

OliverM 5y ago
I don't expect them to mention that?