Vintage Reality

3D images are not a new invention - already at the end of the 19th century there were 3D viewers...

Vintage Reality

An experiment on media types and file formats.

Update spring 2024

This section is now a separate blog, where previously unseen images are also provided. In addition, functionalities like a display for red-green glasses and generated depth maps, have been added.

Update Christmas 2022

  • The quality of generated wigglegrams has been massively improved by using StereoscoPy. It uses OpenCV to improve the image layout. Additionally, anaglyphs can now be generated.
  • The improved arrangement does not work very well with low structured content, like interiors or many plants, without horizon or without contrast.
  • There are now more images online
  • MPO files are now generated.

For more information on viewing in the browser, see several blogs:

Image licenses

The following files from Wikimedia Commons are used, the respective license conditions can be found behind the respective link.

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