1 THE MAGAZINE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST 6r PRESENT )uly/August 1995 Volume 22, Number 3 A Publiition d NATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC ASSOCIATION, INC. rn Spinning Views .3-D Wings first Unusual Creations ntries in our "Unusual" assign- ment continue to trickle in EWth table-top scenes compris- ing nearly half of the views. The wide range of what our readers consider unusual has been interest- ing to see. The category may well have been too broad, and perhaps should have been broken into sep- arate assignments like Unusual Images from the Natural World, Unusual People or Events, and Unusual Creations. That might have encouraged more entries in spedfic areas, but meanwhile it's certainly fun going through the wild variety of material now arriv- Land Discovedng Stem at Nine Monthsa by Dovid \I: Vaughn of Cahondak, 4 is a ing. &me to the famous Pdomid Vectogmph of o fly which hecome o popubr eye testing Current Assignment: device for stelemu's. "Unusual" To say this covers a wide range It can be the subject itself that's the confusion! of potential subjects would be an unusual or something about the Deadline for the "Unusual" understatement, to say the least. stereography or the photographic assignment is October 25, 1995. What we would like to see are the processes involved. The unusual can The Rules: stereographs you consider the aspect be a spectacular went, a As space allows (and depending on the most unusual you have wer bizarre subject, an unlikely drcum- response) judges wlll select for publication taken-in whatever sense of the stance, or a humorous situation. in each issue at least two of the best views word you may regard the images. An initial guide may be to pick submitted by press time. Rather thad tag imanes as ht, second or third place win- Abstract light patterns or computer images that not you or anyone else nns;theideawillbetop-nt-um~~ generated images could certainly is ever likely to be able to record good stereognphs as possible from among be among these, but please keep in again. We're taking a chance on thobe submitted. mind that actual stereographs of this wideopen category that could Prizes are limited to the worldwide fame ' "reality" can be just as unusual, bring in nearly anything and and glory dtingfrom the publication of so your work. Anyone and any image in any given the right drcumstances, as werywn& if you're uncertain print or slide format is eliglble. (Keep in any constructed image. whether or not a particular image (Continued on 35) fits, send it in anyway and share the stem implication of tw almost identi- a1 entities. m smll coneswerrshotwith an SLR on o slide bar at o distance of 1.8 inches with o sepam- ........................................tion of.5 inches. Volume 22, Number 3 ]uly/August 1995 THE MACAZlNf OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST & PRESENT When Stereo Went for a Spin ...................................... 4 by Peter H. Fowler SA Board of Directors Stereoscript .................................................................. 11 Andy Criscom, Chairman Paula R. Fleming David Hutchison The Stereo World Wide Web ...................................... 12 Dieter Lorenz T.K. Trez dwell Bill C. \nlalton Profiles from Oblivion: Fanny Janauschek .............. 14 . -. NSA Ut by Norman R. Patterson Pt?ter E. Palmqulu, rresraenr Larry Moor, Vrce President John\n laldsmith, Vice President, Act Civil War Unfolds in De~th....................................... 17 I Larry Hess, Secretary Review by john Dennis David Wheeler, Treasurer Stereo World Staff John Dennis, Editor Shooting Wings of Courage ........................................ 18 I Jacobowitz,Associate Editor The First 3-D ]MAX Drama ren White, Associate Editor by Don Marren m White, Associate Editor Mark Willke, Art Director Lois Wijldsmith, Subscription Marlager Random Dot Stereo from 1919! .................................. 26 by Jol~nDennis & Nonnan R. Patterson NSA Mem~bership (New me1nbrrsh~ps, renen ,air & address ch anger) P.O. Bo, .on- P., -.L. n,8 .,321 4 Questionsi Concerning Subs< La rry Hess, (219) 272-5431 comments and Observations, lohn Dennis vvurlu D~CKISSU~: 3t Editor's View by ................................. 2 'Wrtte lor avo~labiltty& prlces) P.O. 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