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Question about 3D on HMD

Started Jan 14, 2019 | Questions thread
Bill Costa
Bill Costa Forum Member • Posts: 50
Re: Question about 3D on HMD

Yes, Cinera have the best overall viewing quality (because of dual 2560 x 1440 screen), but only 66° Field of View...

Only? As it is I wish it had just a wee bit less. I understand the designer's goals in trying to make the viewer as immersive as possible, but it causes a bit of vignetting for folks who wear glasses. Fortunately that is rarely a problem for me since I don't routinely crop my 3D photos to a 16:9 aspect ratio, so most of my images do not stretch the full width of the display.

Yes, the Oculus Rift has 110° field of view. But the image quality is not as good and so far I have found that device disappointing for viewing high quality 3D stills.  I think the Cinera, being designed primary for watching movies with the goal to provide the highest image quality possible, makes it a better device for viewing 3D still images, rather than a true VR viewer like the Oculus Rift which has very different goals.

Another disadvantage of the Cinera is that image quality is in some ways too good.  I've had 3D images that look fine on my 65" OLED 3D TV, but on the Cinera I discover that the focus was a bit softer than I realized.  But this is a good thing; it forces me to up my game with my camera handling.  When viewing 3D stills, you really want the image to be sharp from foreground to background and edge to edge.  Easy to do with virtual world CGI, not always so easy with meatspace photography.

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