Viewing a Stereo Image
Old Cowtown, Wichita, Kansas
Wichita was the terminus for cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail as the Texas Longhorns
were driven to the railheads for shipment.
“through the houses and past the church”
This image is from the Old Cowtown Musuem Rails and Trails Collection
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There are many ways to view a stereo image. These include:
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Parallel View
This is the standard format for Vintage Visuals slides. It is referred to as a parallel view.
The left side picture is to be viewed with the left eye.
The right side is to be viewed with the right eye.
View this with parallel view free fusion, a lorgnette, or print it and view it through your stereoscope.
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Crossed View
This view is seen in stereo when you look at it with crossed eyes.
It is shown smaller because it is easier to do cross eye fusion on smaller images.
The left side picture is to be viewed with the right eye.
The right side is to be viewed with the left eye.
View this with crossed eye free fusion
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Anaglyph
This view is seen in stereo when you look at it through a set of red-blue colored glasses.
The left lens should be colored red and the right lens should be colored blue.
This is typical of 3d comics.
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Wiggle View or Wobble Vision
While this is not truly stereo, we can fool our mind into thinking it is
by switching rapidly between views.
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The above views are but a sample of the other ways that you can see stereo. These include
lenticular viewing, Pulfrich effect, autostereo ("magic eye"), chromostereopsis, switched field viewing, and others,
but that is a lesson for another day.
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