3-D and SIRDS images        

This archive contains single image random dot stereo (SIRDS) and other 3-D images, together with related information and software. Alternatively, it is available directly using anonymous FTP. See also the alt.3d.misc, alt.3d.sird and other alt.3d newsgroups and related FAQs. See some early ASCII stereogram articles.

Try the following PostScript format stereograms for starters:

• Batman symbol
• Ghostbusters
• Motorola logo
• Star Trek: The Next Generation

You should position the two dots at the top of the screen. This may require the ``seascape'' (upsidedown landscape) option on some PostScript previewers.

Some of my favorite sterograms incorporate other images as well as the stereo image. For examples, see an image adapted for a drawing by the graphic artist Escher, an image of ``Lena'' and my top favorite tunnel image in glorious technicolour.

Papers

• The 25-page paper Displaying 3D Images: Algorithms for Single Image Random Dot Stereograms by H.W. Thimbleby, S. Inglis and I.H. Witten gives a technical description of some of the techniques involved in producing SIRDS images, and the pitfalls that can be encountered. Published in IEEE Computer, 27(10):38-48, October 1994. See also autostereograms.

• A 3-page article on ASCII Stereograms by J.P. Bowen is on-line, including some examples. Also in compressed and uncompressed PostScript format.

• For those wishing to transcend the limits of 3 dimensions, see N-dimensional cubes by J.P. Bowen and Abbott's Flatland. See hypercube image archive.

Programs

• List of PC programs posted on the alt.3d newsgroup (October 1994), with hyperlinks added. (See also here.)
• Randot: Random dot stereogram generator - FreeWare (see information posted on the comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup, October 1994).
• A stereogram generation program for the PC (old).
• A C program to generate ASCII stereograms (very short!).

Other local resources

• 3D photographs by Ian Collier.
• Paul's Virtual Exhibition. An experimental ray-traced gallery/museum. See also, The Nightmare Gallery including a collection of pictures from the Usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.misc. Highly recommended!
• Stereoscopic Daguerreotype still life of chemical and physical apparatus by Antoine Claudet (c1850) from the Museum of History of Science, Oxford.

Other sources

• 3D CAFE site for graphic artists.
• NCSA Mosaic Demo Document: contains a number of experimental and advanced hypermedia demonstrations including a computer-generated flight movie.
• For interactive 3-D viewing, try Cyberview-X.
• Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) who make graphics workstations have a gallery containing graphics and 3D images on-line. See also Europe.
• StereoGraphics Corporation: CrystalEyes&174; stereo imaging systems.
• A collection of 3D pictures.
• WebOOGL: An experiment in 3-dimensional distributed hypermedia.
• 3D-MAX - 3-D stereo glasses.
• 3-D Web - steroscopy information and resources.
• Art works by M.C. Escher - optical illusion, visual puns, and distorted perspectives. See also here.
• Artists with raytrace works in the OTIS On-Line Art Gallery.
• 3D Scanners, a company producing laser scanners, London, UK.
• SUNsite 3D images, software and text archive.
• Ultimate 3D Links.
• Quantum3D, California, USA, founded 1st April 1997.
• 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
• Positron 3-D graphics, including galleries (large images).
• 3D Photography from photoResource Magazine.
• 3D Solutions, technologies for 3D modeling and photogrammetry.

SIRDS images and information

• Vern's SIRDS Gallery - an excellent collection!
• Gareth and Peter's SIRDS pages
• Pascal Massimino's Page
• Stereogramme (SIRDS & SIS) links
• True Color SIRDS
• Stereograms from Peter Jennings.
• Stereograms at SUNET, Sweden.
• Stereogram pointers from Yahoo.
• 3D riDDle game based on stereograms.
• Patch Stereogram Project.
• Autostereograms.
• Stereogram FAQ.
• Stereogram FTP site, Australia.
• 3-D Stuff.
• 3D Stereograms from the Saskatchewan Science Centre, Canada.

Virtual Reality

• The UK Virtual Reality Special Interest Group (UK VR SIG) maintain a useful list of VR information and a mailing list.
• Information on VR from EINet Galaxy.
• WebStars: Virtual Reality.
• University of Idaho.
• The Advanced Interfaces Group (AIG), University of Manchester, UK, including a VR survey.
• University of Texas gopher information.
• Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). See also the VRML Forum, VRML 2.0 (Moving Worlds), VRML repository browsers and plug-ins and SGI information.
• VRML links from Yahoo.
• Starting Points for VR on the Web.
• Hot Virtual Reality Sites.
• Virtual Reality pointers from Yahoo.
• Virtual Reality information for the SEI.
• Virtually Reality, a 3D rendered cyberspace comic.
• Argonne CAVE virtual reality theater.
• The Virtual Reality Society (VRS).
• Virtual World, a Digital Theme Park.
• VR World, magazine, etc.
• WebSpace software using VRML for 3D VR on WWW from SGI. (See also here and information from The Net.)
• Virtual Reality Xplorer - The Cybernavigator. 360 degree virtual views using MS Windows. Free for research purposes. (Also in the US.)
• Virtual Reality links from oneday.
• DIVE - Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment, an Internet-based multi-user VR system.
• 3DSite, a site dedicated to 3-D computer graphics, including VRML links.
• QuickTime VR from Apple.
• Superscape Virtual Reality software including Viscape. Try Virtually Stonehenge.
• VR Hall (QuickTime) from the ETC Web Museum.
• The Virtual World Wide Web - over 200 3-D pages.
• VRwave - a free VRML 2.0 browser using Jave will source code.
• Mars Pathfinder Virtual Reality Models from NASA JPL.
• Virtual Reality Gallery from Aesthetic Solutions.