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What is an anaglyph? Anaglyphic
stereograms (anaglyphs) are stereo pairs of images in which each image is shown
using a different color. The two images are overlapped and then viewed using
red/cyan or red/blue glasses (depending on the colors used). This means that
the color channel is used for the stereo separation and therefore the perception
of anaglyphs is monochrome
The word anaglyph comes from the Greek anagluphos,
meaning "wrought in low relief"; this comes from the word anagluphein,
which means "to carve in relief" (ana = up + gluphein = to carve)
The discovery of anaglyphic
3D came in 1850s as the result of experiments by the Frenchmen Joseph
D’Almeida and Louis Du Hauron. In 1858 D’Almeida projected 3D magic lantern
slide shows in which color separation took place using red and blue filters, and
the audience wore red and blue glasses
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The Empire State Building is cemented in New York
history. Built during the Depression, the building was the
center of a competition between Walter Chrysler (Chrysler
Corp) and
John Jakob Raskob ( General Motors) to see who could build
the tallest building. Construction began on
17 March 1930 the steel frame rose at an average rate of four and a half
floors per week. To speed construction, the building's posts, beams,
and window frames were made in factories and put together on
the site. 60,000 tons of steel was brought in from the steel mills
in Pennsylvania 310 miles away, by train, barges and trucks
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3D Anaglyph photo of
the Empire State Building New York, New York
- In 1945 an Army
Air Corps B-25 twin-engine bomber plane crashed into the 79th
floor of the building in dense fog.
- From 1931 the
building acted as an "Ambassador to New York" to
many famous people have visited such as, Fidel Castro, Queen
Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, The Duchess of York,
Nikita Khrushchev & King of Siam
- The building's
dirigible mast (now the base of the TV tower) was originally
designed as a mooring mast for Air blimps. Unfortunately
because of the volatile wind conditions at 1,350 feet,
the idea was ultimately abandoned
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Instructions
for creating 3D anaglyph photos. To view these photos you need to
wear 3D glasses with two different-colored lenses. You can get FREE
3D
glasses from Rainbow Symphony
by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope. For anaglyph
viewing you
have a choice of either Red/Cyan
glasses or Red/Blue
glasses
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3D Anaglyph photo of Sacre-Coeur-Basilica
Paris, France
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The red and blue lenses filter the two projected images
allowing only one image to enter each eye
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In order to see things in 3D each eye must see a slightly
different picture. This is done in the real world by your eyes
being spaced apart so each eye has its own slightly different
view. The brain then puts the two pictures together to form one
3D image that has depth to it
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