Table of contents
- About stereograms
- Screenshots
- Usage
- Download
- Contact
- Changelog
About stereograms
Stereograms are those strange patterned images, where you don't see anything interesting, until you look behind the image. Then the image will be out of focus, hence you will see two images. The image has a repetitive pattern. When these patterns overlap (from the two images) you will see them clearly. The secret of the stereograms is that the pattern has a varying period: when the period os shorter, you have to look closer, when it's longer, you have to look further. This makes your eye (or brain) think that the image is closer or further from you. If you have problems seeing stereograms, don't wory: many people has, just keep trying. Search the internet for "stereogram" (our advice is to use the google image finder.
Screenshots
Explanation
This is how the application looks with the phone turned 90 degrees:
This is what you should see, when look behind the phone:
Look behind until the two dots are overlapping. (Note that on this image you cannot see anything
3d, this is not exactly what you will see. What you will see, is simply amazing ;-):
UIQ3
UIQ2
S60
Usage
UIQ3
The program can be controlled either by the menu items, or by the QWERTY keyboard.
- Next model / Jog dial down - Shows the next loaded 3d model
- Previous model / Jog dial up - Shows the previous loaded 3d model
- Load model / 'L' - Loads a 3D model (for example a 3DS file)
- Pause on/off / 'P' / Space - Pauses rendering. When rendering is paused no redraw is done until it is turned off. So if you have paused the rendering, and you load a new model, or change the noise mode, the changes won't be visible until you un-pause the rendering
- Stereo on/off / 'S' - Toggles normal or stereogram rendering
- Rotation on/off / 'R' - Toggles the 3D object rotation
- Change noise / 'N' - Changes the noise type (B/W, Grayscale, Color)
- Fullscreen on/off / 'F' - Toggles (almost) fullscreen rendering
UIQ2 and S60
At the bottom there is the toolbar. You can select a button with the arrow keys, jogdial up/down or the stylus. They meaning are:
- stro - toggle between normal and stereogram rendering
- rot - toggle rotation of 3d object
- paus - pause the application
- patt - change noise-pattern generation (black and white, grey, color)
- mdl - cycle through the builtin 3d model lists
- brws - browse the phone for other models
- exit - exits the appliction
Download
Download version 0.15: UIQ3
Download version 0.14: UIQ, S60.
Download converter version 0.14: Source. It's tested right now in linux only. Unzip the contents and type 'make' to compile it. Also check the README file. I published this converter as source code, so you can extend it if you like (to support more models). The converter uses the same sources as the symbian app, hence if you write a new import module for the converter, it will (probably) work the symbian program as well.
Other models:
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The monkey from Blender |
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An example 3D Studio file |
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An example Videoscape file |
Contact
If you have any problem or idea about the program, you can contact us at st3d@saxoft.com
Changelog
Changes in v0.15
- Ported to UIQ3 (the other ports are currently abandoned)
- Now using native file browser, look and feel
Changes in v0.14
- Included import modules for 3D Studio and Videoscape files
- Wrote also an external converter program for the above files
Changes in v0.13
- Changed builtin models
- The program now can load other models (check the above download section)
- Added file browser
Changes in v0.12
- Added simple ui
- Added different pattern generators
- Added more models
![[Printable version]](gfx/print.png)