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Using Cellophane For 3D Displays On Your Laptop

Posted by Hemos on from the pop-up-ebooks dept.

prestidigital writes "From the abstract: [the authors] present a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic technique for generating 3D displays from cellophane and a laptop computer screen. (Once again my physnews update sends me email that doesn't suck!)"

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  1. what? by b17bmbr · · Score: 4, Funny

    no duct tape?

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    1. Re:what? by SmackCrackandPot · · Score: 2, Funny

      You only need duct tape for multi-monitor displays.

  2. Cellophone by burdicda · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cell o phone ???????

  3. Good excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude1: Hey, you been pr0ning again? Dude2: Erm, no way dude! Dude1: So why you got cellophane over your screen?! Dude2: 3D display man, 3d display Dude1: Aahhhhhh

  4. great by Boromir+son+of+Faram · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait to try this with TuxRacer.

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  5. And in case of emergencies... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you can rip it off your monitor and use it as an ad hoc prophylactic, if your computer prowess makes visiting chicks hot.

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    1. Re:And in case of emergencies... by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny

      And in case of emergencies you can rip it off your monitor and use it as an ad hoc prophylactic, if your computer prowess makes visiting chicks hot.

      As my dad discovered... no, no you cannot.

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  6. Alternate. by Gefiltefish11 · · Score: 5, Funny


    I recommend wrapping the cellophane around your head. It takes very little time after application before things look 3D, an effect that lasts suprisingly long before everything goes black.

  7. How I built a server to withstand /.'ing... by cjustus · · Score: 2, Funny
    With some saran wrap and a more robust server... :)

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  8. JUST IN.... by smd4985 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Porn companies have decided to ship Cellophane to their customers free of charge. ;)

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  9. If you put the cellophane over your face... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...you'll see a 3-d star field. But it fades out after a while.

  10. Cool! McD's should use this technology... by Erik_the_Awful · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... so their burgers don't look so flat.

  11. 3d? Try 0d by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 4, Funny
    Screw 3d. Thanks to Slashdot their site now displays in 0d.

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  12. Odd saying... by darkstar949 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess that this is more proof of the old saying that technology is driven by either
    a) Man's desire to impress women
    b) Man's desire to find a subsitute for women when he is rejected

  13. Thanks for the headache by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I figured I'd shake my head, synchronized, in the opposite direction of the image shake, separating my eyes with my hand. I studied, ahem, one of the pictures for quite a while to get it right.

    It works - real stereo viewing.

    And gives me quite a headache. :)

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  14. Re:Amazingly effective: Animated GIFs by code4fude · · Score: 2, Funny

    here's one found serendipitously amidst photos a friend took of me. The 3d effect is really amazing! enjoy