3 ms·
An early 3D viewer (1986)
- quelltext 4y agoI read this twice and still don't get it. What was that exactly supposed to be doing?
- Aka457 4y agoThere was a screen inside the Meccano contraption. I think that when you moved the Meccano frame, it would rotate the axis and the picture inside the screen would move at the same time, thus displaying different angles of the picture. Not 3d but fake perspective. A bit like the illusion with the Wii remote and the targets moving in sync from Jonnhy Lee.
- olliecornelia 4y agoI believe this is a rotation encoder that relays the orientation of a mounted monitor (not pictured) to update the virtual orientation of an object rendered on the screen.
- tpmx 4y agoFound a 1998 Alias|Wavefront video showing an evolution of this concept (starting from a 1990 design according to the intro) - in 6DOF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov8VbxyQ8Yc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov8VbxyQ8Yc
- buildsjets 4y agoThe space frame holds a missing display screen, and is both the output and input device. It outputs a render of a 3D object (Which I assume was probably just some wireframe) on the screen, and you can rotate the space frame around as an input to change the orientation of the render and view it from different angles.
- Arrath 4y agoCreative, if somewhat roundabout way to viewing a 3d object.
- buildsjets 4y agoRoundabout, lol. Took me a second. Really, its pretty AR. It would be neat to set it up with a model of a cutaway view of the death star. Sad about those Bothans though.