The 19th Century Craze for Stereoscopic Photography - Professor Ian Christie

[@felixkrell890]

preparing a lecture on the history of VR right now, this is gold!

[@mycompasstv]

What a fantastic lecture by Professor Christie, simply wonderful!

[@TheBluewingdevil]

Thank you professor. I listened to this while sorting through my collection. I wanna say I probably got around a thousand stereographic photos. I absolutely love them. I'm always showing my collection off to new people, blowing their minds that this existed over a hundred years ago. Also while watching I learned about something else in my collection that I was completely lost on. The Magic lantern inserts, I got two of Christ and his crucifixion. I always thought they were from the 1920's since they didn't have dates.

[@matthewfarmer6830]

Awesome 👍 I have a real stereoscope viewer and 100 pictures cards, 2 Stereoscope viewer. There neat.🙂 Thanks for sharing this topic.👍

[@pawehapka2096]

Great, enjoyable lecture! One correction: in fact, there are two Photoplasticons in Poland, the one in Warsaw from 1905, and the earlier one in Lodz, the original August Fuhrmann's Keiserpanorama from 1900 (one of six Keiserpanoramas existing to this day).

[@MrBrianms]

I enjoy using the Fuji FinePix Real 3D W1 Camera. The twin cameras are positioned 70 mm apart with a lenticular screen on the back. Still pictures and videos can be seen on 3D television plugged directly into the camera for the most immediate high-quality experience. I have had some challenges with editing videos. Making a 3D video for KZbin. I tried Anaglyph and Side by Side. To see the result on 3D TV is the most entertaining way. I collected as many movies as I could get my hands on. A fantastic lecture. Thank you.

[@the_real_foamidable]

This was very enjoyable and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@Paul_Wetor]

I loved View Master reels as a child and rediscovered their usefulness when I visited Stonehenge a few years ago. The gift shop had 3D images on a lenticular postcard (not the "flicker" style but true 3D). I thought "Yes! This is the only way to appreciate Stonehenge in a photo." Same with snowbanks in the winter. So I took two small identical cameras and put them on a flat stick. I'd snap the shutter buttons simultaneously and later crop the two photos side by side. Then I'd email it to my large phone and use an old stereoscope viewer. I found some software to automate the process, but then I lose vertical parts of the image. I can't do stereo at a distance or moving objects. But when I have something going front-to-back, like railings on stairs, the results are dramatic. As I said, tall snowbanks don't really pop until you see them in stereo.

[@pinkanderson3379]

This is a brilliant talk! I’ve learnt so much and it’s really entertaining to watch. Definitely one of my favourite online lectures.

[@erich1394]

The only lecture where you *want* your students to look at you crosseyed.

[@DakotaCelt1]

Interesting presentation. Denis Pelliern and Brian May released a history on Stereoscopy also.

[@jennykalahar]

I'm such a fan that faked stereoscopic photos feature in my novel Lumi's Curiosities.

[@abandoned_ozarks]

Love the guys that is literally dieing in the background...