[vtkusers] dual view stereo mode

[Chuck Anderson]

Hi Mike,

I use VTK for stereo viewing on a passive stereo projection system all the
time. VTK's stereo modes do not include a side-by-side stereo mode though it
would be great if the programming types on this list developed it. However,
the CrystalEyes stereo mode is for output to an active stereo display system
(shutter glasses). The Quadro line of nVidia  video cards has a "clone mode"
that will buffer the CrystalEyes output from VTK into a left and right eye
output that can be run through two projectors. Other types of video cards
might also have clone mode, but the nVidia Quadro cards are the only ones I
know of. If you want to spend more money or have a multi screen projection
system, Cyviz makes external boxes that will take the CrystalEyes video
stream and buffer it into left right streams.

Cheers,
Chuck

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Chuck Anderson
Visualization and Outreach Specialist
Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA)
Penn State
2217 EES Building
814-863-2049
cda10 at psu.edu
http://www.ceka.psu.edu





> vtk users:
> 
> Does the vtk render window support dual graphics monitors such that we
> can project left eye / right eye image pairs simultaneously to a dual
> DLP projector system for stereo viewing?  Looking at the various modes,
> it is not clear.
> 
> #define VTK_STEREO_CRYSTAL_EYES 1
> #define VTK_STEREO_RED_BLUE     2
> #define VTK_STEREO_INTERLACED   3
> #define VTK_STEREO_LEFT         4
> #define VTK_STEREO_RIGHT        5
> #define VTK_STEREO_DRESDEN      6
> #define VTK_STEREO_ANAGLYPH     7
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
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