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Stereoscopic Images

This page organizes the available stereoscopic stills and videos depending on what type of viewing system you have.  You can stream anaglyph or side by side for phone viewers.  For more advanced viewing you can download the proper file type for your system, the downloadable links are below.  If you want to learn more about viewer types and what file format to download, expand the "Read About Viewer Types" bar below.

Red Blue Glasses
The simplest viewing system is wearing red /blue (cyan) glasses.  This method provides very good depth perception and is inexpensive and compatible with all types of screens.  Red / blue glasses alter the color of the images and not everyone finds viewing images with this method comfortable.  The red/blue videos below are greyscale and have better depth than the color versions but miss out on color cues.

Phone Viewers
There are many viewers that use a modern smart phone screen to view 3D Stereoscopic images.  In most cases these look best with a non distorted side by side image.  This is different then the "squished" half side by side HSBS that some 3D TV sets and VR Headsets utilize.  When originally rendered or filmed in 16:9 ratio, phone viewers invariably lose some view screen real estate.  
The most common phone viewer is the Google Cardboard.  It has good lenses and is inexpensive.  You can view a Vimeo video with it or if you use a VR Media App such as the free "Skybox", you would play the Half SBS version and the app formats this correctly.  Such apps can be used with other clip on viewers and have viewing and navigation options that make them worth the trouble to install.  When using Skybox and some other VR apps, you connect your phone to your computer and using ITunes, you transfer the file to your phone.  Alternatively you can view files on your local network if you have a media server installed on your home PC.

3D TV Sets, Projectors, VR Headsets
Depending on the set up you may be able to view streaming stereoscopic media from vimeo if you have a smart TV or have you TV connected to  your computer.   If you have a media server or a TV with a smart media player built in, you can download a full copy of my videos below.  These downloads  are for those who know the format that they want and how to play them.  Oculus GO will play the full SBS files when downloaded to the headset.  My preferred technique is to use a Roku Pro with a flash drive and output an interpolated 4K half side by side file.  This is available below and utilized full vertical resolution and half of the horizontal resolution (orignal files were 2x 1080P).  MY LG4K 2016 sets will play this format perfectly from a flash drive placed directly into the TV and using the TV's built in media player.