21 Feb
2002
21 Feb
'02
2:48 p.m.
Netdiablo said:
The "stereo" jack is not for audio at all -- rather, it is for a pair
of LCD shutter goggles that work in conjunction with certain monitors
to display a stereoscopic 3D image. This functionality is REALLY
common on higher-end video boards (e.g. SGI, Intergraph, etc), and
apparently was used primarily in computer aided chemistry visualization
and things like that.
Still used quite a bit, in fact -- the effect is very impressive if you have
the right equipment. I have a lab here with a 10' rear-projection screen
hooked up to an SGI Octane2 runninning chemical and biochemical
visualization...really quite impressive, and fun to play with too :) the CAVE
port of Quake supports this kind of stereo mode, which is very fun on a giant
screen :)
I don't have a pair of requisite shutter glasses to try the concept,
but it always seemed kind of chintzy to be used in a high-end setup.
Sort of like a pre-HMD semi-immersive sort of display technology,
although it's still around...
Kind regards,
Sean
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