Re: [Jmol-users] 3D-Beamer with Jmol

[Rolf H. <Rol...@le...>]

Am 15.09.17 um 15:16 schrieb Rolf Huehne:
> Hi all,
>
> has anyone tried to get an interactive stereo view from Jmol into a
> 3D-capable beamer with shutter glasses?
>
> I don't have any experiences yet with 3D devices but have access now to
> a 3D-capable beamer.
>
It does work and is very impressive!

My setup:
1) Hardware
   Beamer Optoma DLP EH320 USTi + compatible shutter glasses;
   Macbook Pro (Retina 15'', late 2013; Mac OS 10.11.6)

2) Beamer connected to the MacBook with HDMI, added as secondary monitor 
with a resolution of 720p (1280x720, non-interlaced) at 124 Hz;
1080p (1920x1080, non-interlaced) at 60 Hz did also work but was very 
straining, presumably because of the lower frequency

3) Jmol applet (size: 1280x720 pixel) placed into a browser window 
without any other visible elements, side by side stereo switched on and 
model loaded.

4) Browser window placed on the beamer display and switched to 
fullscreen mode
(worked best in Safari with a single Tab in the window, in Waterfox the 
location bar and the tab panel were not hidden; in the general system 
settings the scrollbar display should be set to 'while scrolling', 
otherwise the browser window unexpectedly had scrollbars)

5) Activate the beamer 3D mode 'side by side' maually and activate the 
shutter glasses.

The beamer automatically takes the left half of the applet view for the 
left eye and the right half for the right eye. Unfortunately this leads 
to a distortion of the model, because the width is doubled but the 
height is unchanged.
This could be compensated if Jmol would provide a model with half the 
normal width.

Q: Bob, would it be feasible to add a new 'side by side' stereo mode 
with a squeezed width?

Regards,
Rolf