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I would love to play around with some consumer 3D stuff. Either some kit to take anaglyphs or a 3D camera. The Nintendo 3DS has a 3D camera as far as I understa

I would love to play around with some consumer 3D stuff. Either some kit to take anaglyphs or a 3D camera. The Nintendo 3DS has a 3D camera as far as I understand and several years ago 3D image cellphones where a thing, too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D-enabled_mobile_phones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D-enabled_mobile_phon...) This seems to have turned into a dead end, though. Oh, and the Lytro, too.

fitsumbelay 2y ago
phew, mans said "Lytro" ...
hoherd 2y ago
The 3DS does indeed have a 3d camera, and it produces MPO files, so theoretically it should be perfect for use with this app.
PaulHoule 2y ago
I have a Lytro Illium and the software for it is supposed to make stereograms but so far I've failed to get any depth out of it. This https://www.kandaovr.com/qoocam-ego https://www.kandaovr.com/qoocam-ego is probably the best easy-to-use stereo camera on the market today.
JKCalhoun 2y ago
In about the $300-ish range, the FUJIFILM (and a few Lumix) stereo cameras are still available on eBay.
- msephton 2y ago
  Thanks for writing this article, and software! I shared it with STEREO CLUB Tokyo, run by Izumi Okano. And thanks for Glider!
  - JKCalhoun 2y ago
    A stereo club sounds cool. Just a little googling and it sounds like this Izumi Okano might also be a Mac guy from the old days, ha ha.
darkvertex 2y ago
If you wanna be ultra cheap and your subject is a still scene you can literally just use any camera like your smartphone and take two pics side by side in short succession, distanced apart by your human IPD (Inter-Pupillary Distance.) Did you know your index finger is roughly 1 IPD from nail to knuckle? This is useful: Hold your phone sideways, look where your lens is in the horizontal axis and align your left index finger's knuckle such that you're holding the phone edge with it but your knuckle is lined up just above the lens... Snap a pic. (This will be your left eye pic.) — Now keep your left index straight as-is and with your right hand gently grip your phone and slide it horizontally such that the lens previously lined up above your knuckle is now aligned just below the tip of your left index finger nail. Now snap another pic. (This is your right eye pic.) Now put them in a collage side by side in Photoshop or whatever, and make it small and cross your eyes. If you kept your alignment fairly you should now have a respectable 3D photo. Voila! 3D photos on the cheap, as long as your subjects stand still between the two pics.

fitsumbelay 2y ago

phew, mans said "Lytro" ...

hoherd 2y ago

The 3DS does indeed have a 3d camera, and it produces MPO files, so theoretically it should be perfect for use with this app.

PaulHoule 2y ago

I have a Lytro Illium and the software for it is supposed to make stereograms but so far I've failed to get any depth out of it. This https://www.kandaovr.com/qoocam-ego https://www.kandaovr.com/qoocam-ego is probably the best easy-to-use stereo camera on the market today.

JKCalhoun 2y ago

In about the $300-ish range, the FUJIFILM (and a few Lumix) stereo cameras are still available on eBay.

msephton 2y ago
Thanks for writing this article, and software! I shared it with STEREO CLUB Tokyo, run by Izumi Okano. And thanks for Glider!
- JKCalhoun 2y ago
  A stereo club sounds cool. Just a little googling and it sounds like this Izumi Okano might also be a Mac guy from the old days, ha ha.

darkvertex 2y ago

If you wanna be ultra cheap and your subject is a still scene you can literally just use any camera like your smartphone and take two pics side by side in short succession, distanced apart by your human IPD (Inter-Pupillary Distance.) Did you know your index finger is roughly 1 IPD from nail to knuckle? This is useful: Hold your phone sideways, look where your lens is in the horizontal axis and align your left index finger's knuckle such that you're holding the phone edge with it but your knuckle is lined up just above the lens... Snap a pic. (This will be your left eye pic.) — Now keep your left index straight as-is and with your right hand gently grip your phone and slide it horizontally such that the lens previously lined up above your knuckle is now aligned just below the tip of your left index finger nail. Now snap another pic. (This is your right eye pic.) Now put them in a collage side by side in Photoshop or whatever, and make it small and cross your eyes. If you kept your alignment fairly you should now have a respectable 3D photo. Voila! 3D photos on the cheap, as long as your subjects stand still between the two pics.