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- I called Sega USA tonite (1-800-USA-SEGA) and the guy I asked
- said that they would sell the 3D glasses by themselves,
- over the phone with a credit card or thru the mail by check.
-
- 34.95 3D glasses
- +2.80 postage & handling
-
- ATTN: Parts and Orders Dept.
- Sega America
- 3375 Arden Rd.
- Hayward, CA 94545
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- I'm fortunate enough to have access to both, so I guess I'd better answer. Sega
- glasses contain two LCD shutters, one over each eye. One shutter is open at a
- time. By synchronising the shutters with two stereoscopic images on a screen,
- it is possible to give a good 3D effect.
-
- The Sega glasses are not *very* good -- the shutters are not completely opaque
- when they are shut. However, they are cheap, since they were designed for the
- Sega home entertainment system (similar to a Nintendo system).
-
- I have the glasses connected to a PC with a VGA screen (via the serial port,
- since the glasses need +/- 12V). I have generated several 3D images using PD
- raytracers (DBW_Render & DKB_Trace) -- each image is 320*400*256 colours.
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- If you are really interested in 3D, build yourself the Sega glasses
- interface and try the demo software (it's really easy to write your
- own software based on the demo sources). The sega glasses can be
- connected to almost any RS-232 or RS-422 serial port. The files are
- mainly for Macintosh use.
-
- To get the instructions and demo software:
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- ftp sumex-aim.stanford.edu
- I think the files are in the C source code directory.
-
- or:
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- ftp milton.u.washington.edu
- cd public/virtual-worlds/cheap-vr
- Chech out the SEGA files.
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