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Glass Artist at Work – 3D video

Below is a 3D video I took last weekend inside The Hot Shop at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA.

You can watch glass artists at work on the Museum’s live video stream (which is narrated) and you can send questions to the narrator, online. Glass blowing is an absolutely fascinating art form and takes a team of people to produce these spectacular pieces.

Hyper3DPhone – Android App – links two phones together for stereoscopic 3D photos

Hyper3DPhone – Android Apps on Google Play.

Designed for taking hyperstereoscopic 3D images using two Android phones.

Run the app on both phones (its free). Identify one phone as the left and the other as the right phone and then move the phones apart.

The app communicates over Bluetooth to synchronize taking photos on both phones at the same time, giving you the left image on the left phone and the right image on the right phone.

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Enjoy watching online 3D video? Check out http://3dstreaming.it

The operator of 3dstreaming.it contacted me several months ago, suggesting I start posting links to my 3D videos on his web site.  Unfortunately, I was really busy on other projects and did not follow up.

Until now. If you enjoy watching 3D videos, 3dstreaming.it is a repository of links to 3D videos located at other video streaming sites – and the content I looked at tonight is quite good. I am definitely enjoying 3dstreaming.it and will become a regular visitor there and encourage you to do the same if you enjoy online 3D video.

Tacoma Waterfront in wide stereobase – deep 3D image

The left and right images were taken about six feet apart using one Lumix GH-2 camera, creating a deep sense of depth in this red/cyan anaglyph 3D image. With the wide stereo base, the 3D effect is visible out to perhaps 1200 feet (400 meters).

I was lucky in that I found a brief moment when there were no cars on the freeway and the train was stopped!

I also discovered some better ways of processing these images in StereoPhoto Maker; this one uses the Dubois algorithm for generating the anaglyph, which seems to improve the contrast and possibly reducing ghosting artifacts.

Click on the image for full size viewing.

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