[Jmol-users] Re: side-by-side stereo views

[Miguel <mi...@jm...>]

> Have you looked into doing stereo via a projection calculation rather t=
han
> the rotated-molecule method?

I did not know such a thing existed.

> I know the rotation approach is easy to
> implement but it is geometrically incorrect and, with today's processor=
s,
> it shouldn't be that much of a calculational burden to use the
> geometrically correct projection approach.

I do not understand how it could be 'geometrically' incorrect ... each of=

my eyes is a 'camera', and they are viewing from slightly different
angles.

I suppose that the shadows might be different, but Jmol does not draw any=

shadows.

... educate me ... :-)

> The algorithm is pretty commonly available
> these days (I found several pages on the web, e.g. the white papers and=

> sample files at www.stereographics.com) so it should be pretty easy to =
pop
> it in to replace the current method even if you leave the interface alo=
ne
> and still pretend it's using degrees.

I spent a few minutes looking through the white papers at
www.stereographics.com, but was unable to find anything that described th=
e
algorithm.

Specific URLs to 'tutorials' on stereo projection would be appreciated.



Miguel

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