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New Cyclopital3D Digital Stereo Hand Viewer

Shown at NSA Convention in Mesa, AZ.

FORT COLLINS, CO. Entrepreneurs Ken Burgess and Tanya Alsip have started a new company revolving around digital 3D photographic technologies, called Cyclopital3D.

The first new product from Cyclopital3D is a Digital Stereoscopic Hand Viewer, which was released at the National Stereoscopic Association convention in Mesa, AZ on July 12^th. The Viewer was immediately proclaimed to be the “Missing link in digital 3D photography!”

3D photography, also known as stereoscopic photography, has existed using film cameras since the beginning of photography in the 1840s. It was very popular at the turn of the last century but was mostly a “professional” activity. Interest waned in the years following the introduction of “personal photography” by Kodak in 1900. There was a revival of 3D photography in the 1950s spurred by the introduction of color film, which brought even more realism to the stereo photograph. Over a million cameras were sold during that “second golden age” of 3D photography, but again interest waned with the introduction of the Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera. The relatively new digital camera era along with the resurgence of 3D movies in the theaters has fed a renewed excitement for the capabilities of 3D photography; some say we are entering the “third golden age” of 3D. In fact, on July 22^nd Fuji announced the first commercially manufactured 3D camera that is scheduled to hit the market in September. Currently most 3D enthusiasts use two specially adapted digital cameras to shoot in 3D.

Until this point the missing link in digital photography has been a portable, easy way to view and share photos. Previously, the most common method of viewing digital 3D photos was by using a computer or projection screen with the viewer wearing 3D glasses, and the viewer must be in just the right position to fuse the 3D view. There are a few photos frames available now that allow 3D viewing without glasses, but the resolution is not very high and, once again, the viewer must be in “just the right position” to see the picture in 3D.

Now, with the new Cyclopital3D Digital Stereoscopic Hand Viewer you are able to easily share your digital 3D photos with friends and the viewer holds as many as 20,000 photos!

Now visit  www.cyclopital3d.com.

FOOTNOTE

Because the Cyclopital3D viewer uses two PMP players, built for video and provide
video output ports, anything shown on the screen can be output to digital projectors. This means that shows produced with ProShow can be either viewed on Cyclopital and/or from two digital projectors.

Although the viewers are not fully synchronised, the left and right channels are started simultaneously and should hold sufficient synchronisation for a slide show if not a movies.

The output of the viewer supports composite NTSC and component (RGB) up to 1920 x 780 pixels resolution.
 

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