Comments on: POCKET STEREOSCOPE (Jul, 1933)

By: Toronto

Toronto — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:56:08 +0000

Post Cereal gave away somewhat similar 3d viewers in the early ’60s. If I recall, you got the viewer for 3 box tops, and a slide or two in every box. Probably half-frame 35mm film.

I had a whole set of dinosaur slides. Post cereals were mostly crap, but they had the best bonuses and the best cartoons.

(Actually, Shredded Wheat/Shreddies had the best promotional items – things like checker sets and sets of fighter planes (1:288 or smaller), etc. But what kid ate those?)

By: Andrew L. Ayers

Andrew L. Ayers — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:04:53 +0000

I own one of these (or one really similar). I found it an antique store; it came with one roll of images (but the roll has been stored for so long that I don’t dare to try to unroll it) – its about the same vintage, from what I remember. I consider it a part of my “virtual reality” collection…

By: jayessell

jayessell — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:06:13 +0000

Re #1:

The viewmaster reel transpanencies are way smaller than 35mm.

16mm or some proprietary scale.

Re #2

I’ll check that out. Thanks.

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The guys who developed HDTV, should have made 3DTV instead.

Supposedly at a recent Consumer Electronics Show, LG, the maker of LCD TVs amoung other things, demonstrated a goggelless 3D large screen LCD.

I suspect to get the left eye/right eye seperation, the viewers would have to be in designated areas in front of the screen.

(My ascii-fu is weak but something like this…)

*****L*R***L*R***L*R***L*R*****

****(@^@)*******(@^@)**********

where bands of left eye image and right eye image areas from the screen have to meet the viewers’ appropriate eye.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:11:06 +0000

Very cool site.

By: Stannous

Stannous — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:57:20 +0000

you’re absolutely right, I think the Viewmaster even uses 35mm film.

Check out this 3D viewer site- lots of vintage stuff!
http://www.3dstereo.com/