Getting Hold of a Suitable Viewer

J Peters wrote:

Hi,

I am new to the 3D forum. I developed an interest in 3D a year or two back and bought a book about it. I gave up because I was struggling to find a suitable viewer.

I bought two pairs of the red/cyan glasses from different sellers online. Both were at least cheap, but neither worked properly. I have since found out there appear to be different standards for the colours used in those types of 3D image, so not all glasses work with all pictures.

I've also looked for the stereoscope style of viewer online but these either tend to be Victorian museum pieces (expensive, and sold as a collector's item more than intended for actual use), or modern flimsy plastic rubbish that look like they would fall apart.

There are some 3D books on the market that come with a stereoscopic viewer - but again they look like cheap plastic, and I'm paying quite a lot just for the book.

Any ideas please?

Hi J Peters!

You may want to explore http://www.cyclopital3d.com/View-Vaster.html. However, I have built my viewer myself, to work with Sony Xperia Z5, one of rare Sony only smartphones, that has a 4K screen, available at a relatively low price on EBay.

In general, viewers are a problem - no manufacturer takes the risk to enter this, as I assume they think, small market, although technology is readily here.

You can also use head mount devices, such as VR headsets, but all of them, to my knowledge (also based on my Samsung Gear VR Oculus) have such a short-focus ocular lenses - to provide wide viewing angle - that due to their high magnification, even 4K smartphone screen pixels are visible in an ugly way. But the 3D effect is very immersive...

Hope this helps.