Netdiablo said:
>
> The "stereo" jack is not for audio at all -- rather, it is for a pair
> of LCD shutter goggles that work in conjunction with certain monitors
> to display a stereoscopic 3D image. This functionality is REALLY
> common on higher-end video boards (e.g. SGI, Intergraph, etc), and
> apparently was used primarily in computer aided chemistry visualization
> and things like that.
Still used quite a bit, in fact -- the effect is very impressive if you have
the right equipment. I have a lab here with a 10' rear-projection screen
hooked up to an SGI Octane2 runninning chemical and biochemical
visualization...really quite impressive, and fun to play with too :) the CAVE
port of Quake supports this kind of stereo mode, which is very fun on a giant
screen :)
>
> I don't have a pair of requisite shutter glasses to try the concept,
> but it always seemed kind of chintzy to be used in a high-end setup.
> Sort of like a pre-HMD semi-immersive sort of display technology,
> although it's still around...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sean
>
> --
>
> Sean Caron http://www.diablonet.net
> scaron_at_engin.umich.edu root_at_diablonet.net
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 22:48:37 GMT