A Simple Mirror-Viewer

Schematic of Mirror-Viewing of Mirror-L Pairs

A household pocket-mirror may be used in conjunction with the Mirror-View format in a simple stereo viewing method. For example, a small glass mirror in a cosmetic case works well. A plan view of the procedure is shown in the above figure. Because the left image is viewed off the mirror, it is horizontally flipped on the screen in order to be seen in proper orientation.

Using a Cosmetic Mirror as a Viewer

1. Hold the mirror edge up near to your left eye just to the left of your nose.

2. Position the glass roughly perpendicular to the center of the black bar separating the stereo pair on the screen. Your head should be centered and about one screen width back from the monitor.

3. Look towards the right image with both eyes and adjust the mirror tilt until the left image overlaps the right. The correct position will become obvious as the 3D effect locks in.

 

A Stereo Pair with the Left Image Flipped. 

 

This simple technique can be expanded to yield a very high-quality artifact-free ghost-less full-frame viewing method: The dual monitor stereo display. The principle is the same, but the image is stretched across two monitors that can be set at an angle in a configuration that eliminates ghosts and overlaps. 

 

 

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