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124 Millimeters of Depth

20 points by primigenus 13y ago

short_circut 13y ago
This suggests to me that with a camera attachment and creative use of a hat and pipes and glue the author could probably convert their world to a 3d one. Some hackers should get on this. If I had the knowledge to do so I would certainly want to try.
- ISL 13y ago
  Agreed. If you can measure it, you can make it. It could probably take the form of a strange pair of goggles, but it should be doable. The right CS senior undergraduate would kill to take a whack at the problem. It's hard to imagine a more compelling senior thesis. If the problem turns out to be harder than that, I'm sure some grad students would be happy to give it a go. The tricky part is that the game designers know how far away things are, and can pass the right information to the display. If you can figure that information out with reasonable precision with modern computer vision, just pipe it to the display, and you win...
  - short_circut 13y ago
    I imagine you could just use a 3d camera to figure out how far away things are. Or at least approximate it.
- Zikes 13y ago
  I wonder if an Oculus Rift could be calibrated for this.
- SEMW 13y ago
  For stereoblindness caused by cross-eyedness, as the author's is: if someone's happy to wear that sort of headgear, surely reparallelising their vision using prisms would be a more elegant solution than a camera and screens?
DigitalJack 13y ago
During her Benghazi testimony, Hillary Clinton was wearing some unusual glasses. One lens appeared to have defraction grating like a fresnel lens. It was speculated (and later confirmed I believe) that this was to treat double vision she was having as a result of a concussion. It seems that such a pair of glasses could be made to help with this person's situation. http://www.doctorsvisioncenter.com/hillary-fresnel-lens/ http://www.doctorsvisioncenter.com/hillary-fresnel-lens/
DanBC 13y ago
The 3DS has 3d camera, and the author knows they can see the 3d on the 3DS. So I guess the author could just carry the 3DS around forever and photograph everything with it.

20 points by primigenus 13y ago

This suggests to me that with a camera attachment and creative use of a hat and pipes and glue the author could probably convert their world to a 3d one. Some hackers should get on this. If I had the knowledge to do so I would certainly want to try.

ISL 13y ago
Agreed. If you can measure it, you can make it. It could probably take the form of a strange pair of goggles, but it should be doable. The right CS senior undergraduate would kill to take a whack at the problem. It's hard to imagine a more compelling senior thesis. If the problem turns out to be harder than that, I'm sure some grad students would be happy to give it a go. The tricky part is that the game designers know how far away things are, and can pass the right information to the display. If you can figure that information out with reasonable precision with modern computer vision, just pipe it to the display, and you win...
- short_circut 13y ago
  I imagine you could just use a 3d camera to figure out how far away things are. Or at least approximate it.
Zikes 13y ago
I wonder if an Oculus Rift could be calibrated for this.
SEMW 13y ago
For stereoblindness caused by cross-eyedness, as the author's is: if someone's happy to wear that sort of headgear, surely reparallelising their vision using prisms would be a more elegant solution than a camera and screens?

DigitalJack 13y ago

During her Benghazi testimony, Hillary Clinton was wearing some unusual glasses. One lens appeared to have defraction grating like a fresnel lens. It was speculated (and later confirmed I believe) that this was to treat double vision she was having as a result of a concussion. It seems that such a pair of glasses could be made to help with this person's situation. http://www.doctorsvisioncenter.com/hillary-fresnel-lens/ http://www.doctorsvisioncenter.com/hillary-fresnel-lens/

DanBC 13y ago

The 3DS has 3d camera, and the author knows they can see the 3d on the 3DS. So I guess the author could just carry the 3DS around forever and photograph everything with it.