Stereoscopic Imaging

Photography

I was tasked with going out into the world to photograph everything interesting in stereo. I also tried to see what I could get away with or what would hurt too much.

Overview

This assignment was pretty straightforward - just go out and photograph the world in stereo. We were to observer different visual depth cues and to observe how they affect the perceived depth of an image, whether it was a stereo image or not. We were also required to observe how simple things such as reflectivity and specularity and how viewing that subject matter is radically different and more complex in stereo. The overall goal was to try to create beautiful images, in and out of stereo, while specifically working to reduce any viewing discomfort - i.e. cross talk, pinning, etc. I will have to warn everyone though, I did try to push those things a little far and so there may be some discomfort with some images. I wanted to see how much depth I could create, or see how far out I could bring something while still trying to push the rest of the environment back far. I just experimented and had a lot of fun. I took and made WAY more stereo images than what you see here.

Review

What I Learned/Challenges

- I learned a LOT about how stereo works and what hurts and what is comfortable.
- I learned about cross talk, both in taking a photograph and in converting it to a working anaglyph image.
- Frankly, I learned the most about stereo with this project, and this project was the most fun!

Future Improvements

- Take more pictures!!!

Hypostereo / Orthostereo / Hyperstereo

Below are my three examples of an environment that demonstrate the differences between Hypo-, Ortho-, and Hyperstereo. Please note that the Hyperstereo is likely to be very uncomfortable.

Image set one.

Hypostereo

Orthostereo

Hyperstereo

Image set two.

Hypostereo

Orthostereo

Hyperstereo

Image set three.

Hypostereo

Orthostereo

Hyperstereo