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Photo3-D
303 Kit 
 The
Photo3-D
303 Kit by Mission3-D
is a well conceived, high quality product with everything
you need to take 3-D photos with your digital camera.
The
Photo3-D 303 Kit includes a camera attachment that makes
capturing stereo images fast and easy, plus simple-to-use
Photo3-D Mixer software and Photo3-D glasses.
To see
in 3-D, you need both a left-eye and a right-eye image,
which your brain combines to see depth and dimension. Ideal
for still photographs, the 303 unit provides the simplest
possible mechanism for you to quickly, easily and accurately
capture left and right eye stereo images.
 The
Photo3-D 303 slide attachment mounts to the standard tripod
socket at the bottom of your digital camera. The attachment
is small enough to keep in your camera bag and is about
the same size as a typical cell phone.
Mission3-D
has thought of everything. The slide attachment has a built-in
bubble level and an extremely clever mechanism to lock down
the slider bar so that your camera does not flip over while
taking the photos. The slide attachment can be used in hand-held
mode with the included pistol-grip, on a table top or mounted
to the included mini-tripod. The pistol-grip is ingeniously
designed to fold out into the mini-tripod.
 The
slide attachment can be used on a tabletop without the tripod,
too. Simply unscrew the four rubber legs built into the
sides of the slide attachment to create stable footing.
How many times have you tried to use a mini-tripod when
shooting outdoors and it wouldn't stay put? The Photo3-D
slide attachment takes care of that problem with its exceptional
design.
Once
you have your stereo pair of images, connect your camera
to your computer, and run the Photo3-D Mixer software, which
is included in the kit.
Load
the left-eye image, then load the right-eye image. Mix in
color or black and white, and you'll have a 3-D image. The
software allows you to adjust the focus to make different
elments either pop-out at you or be deeper within the picture.
Your 3-D images can be printed, saved and viewed on screen
or in print, and may be e-mailed or posted on the Internet.
The Photo3-D Mixer software saves images in standard BMP
or JPG file formats, and you can print directly to your
desktop printer.
Again,
Mission3-D has gone the extra mile by adding an advanced
selection of ways to export your 3-D image. You can save
your 3-D images quickly in all the popular 3-D formats including
red/blue anaglyph, cross-eyed, parallel (drift) and shutter.
Another cool feature is the option to save the image to
fit your computer desktop in sizes ranging from 300x200,
640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. You can also save the image
optimized for the Web or e-mailing. The simple-to-use software
runs on Windows 98/2000/XP. A Macintosh compatible version
is due out in late 2003.
 The
Photo3-D Red/Cyan [RC] glasses are some of the finest 3-D
glasses ever made. While you do have to use RC glasses to
view anaglyph format 3-D photos, similar to wearing polarized
3-D glasses to watch an IMAX 3-D movie, now you can do so
with comfort and style with a pair of glasses that will
fold down to less than 1/3rd of its original size.
Mission3-D's
research and development team worked to calibrate the red
and cyan filtered lenses for ideal 3-D viewing. It's design
team worked to create more stylish frame options. The results
of these efforts are the patent-pending Photo3-D RC 900
series glasses. The Photo3-D RC 900 series glasses are specifically
optimized for high-quality 3-D viewing of photo prints made
from desktop inkjet, color laser and photo printers. The
glasses fold into a compact, easy to carry case.
You
can easily share your 3-D photographs just like regular
photos, using the 3-D viewers provided with the package.
The viewers can be attached to picture frames, photo albums
and greeting cards. The package includes a sample Photo3-D
greeting card frame, too.
Additional
packages of viewers, stylish glasses and 3-D greeting cards
are all available for purchase.
The
Photo3-D
303 Kit was named "Gadget of the Week" by TIME
magazine. The Photo3-D 303 Kit includes everything needed
to create and share 3-D photos:
- Photo3-D
303 slide attachment
-
Photo3-D Mixer software
-
Photo3-D T100 pistol-grip mini-tripod
-
Stylish Photo3-D RC 900 glasses
-
Five Photo3-D paper viewers
-
Three Photo3-D paper glasses
-
One Photo3-D blank greeting card
The
Photo3-D 303 Kit sells for only $129 and can be ordered
online at the Photo3-D
Web site. You can also place an order by phone Monday through
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST at the toll-free
number 1-800-531-3378. The Photo3-D 303 Kit comes with a
90-day money back guarantee.
Branson,
Missouri View-Master® Three-Reel Set
 Attractions
in Branson, Missouri, America's live music entertainment
capitol, are showcased in full color View-Master® 3-D
photographs in this three-reel set. Branson visitors were
able pick up this souvenir to show their friends back home
what Branson really looks like in 3-D photographs so real
you could reach out and touch them.
Close
to six million people travel to spend their vacation at
Branson attractions. The Branson View-Master® set features
live performance 3-D photographs of country legend Kenny
Rogers performing at The Grand Palace, Branson's Comedian
of the Year Jim Stafford at the Jim Stafford Theatre as
well as scenes of The Tony Orlando Yellow Ribbon Music Theatre,
The Baldknobbers Hillbilly Jamboree, The Shepherd of the
Hills Outdoor Theatre, Shenandoah South Theatre, The Five
Star Theatre, The Cristy Lane Theatre and "Hee Haw
Honeys," The Norris Twins (Becky and Lindy Norris).
Popular
theme parks like Silver Dollar City, Marvel Cave, White
Water, Mutton Hollow Craft and Entertainment Village, Branson
Scenic Railway, Showboat Branson Belle, downtown Branson
and more are featured on the Branson, Missouri View-Master®
3-D reels.
Only
2,500 custom produced Branson, Missouri View-Master®
three-reel sets were made. Stereo 3-D Images custom produced
the set. The collector's item out-of-print set is now only
available online. The Branson, Missouri View-Master®
set can be ordered at a cost of $12 plus $1.50 shipping
for USA orders. Order a set by clicking Branson,
Missouri View-Master® Three-Reel Set.
View-Master®
Spongebob Squarepants
 Who
lives in a pineapple under the sea? Of course, its SpongeBob
SquarePants. Just in time for Christmas 2003, Spongebob
Squarepants joins the many television cartoon characters
featured on View-Master® reels.  Images
on the reels are from three different Spongebob Squarepants
episodes.
- Bubble
Stand
- Gary
Takes a Bath
- Frankendoodle
The
Spongebob reels feature some of the best 3-D cartoon conversions
ever produced by View-Master®. The Frankendoodle reel
features a battle between Spongebob and Frankendoodle using
giant pencils. The 3-D pencils break the stereo window on
this well produced set.
You
can get the Spongebob Squarepants View-Master® reels
in two ways, on a blister card or in a special box set with
a bright yellow View-Master® viewer with SpongeBob's
face on the front.
Elvis
Presley's Graceland at Christmas View-Master® Three-Reel Set
 This
is set two of View-Master® reels available for sale
exclusively at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, home of
the late rock 'n' roll superstar Elvis Presley.
The
Graceland at Christmas set features Graceland decorated
for Christmas with poinsettias lining the entry hall, the
living room and dining rooms, the Heartbreak Hotel across
from Graceland, Lisa Marie's childhood furniture, Elvis
and Priscilla's wedding clothes, some of Elvis' cars including
a 1966 Silver Cloud III, 1956 purple Cadillac, 1973 Stutz
Bearcat and the 1960 MG used in Blue Hawaii, motorcycles,
motor toys and more.
Dalia
Miller's 3Dstereo
Web site has some of Elvis Presley's Graceland at Christmas
three-reel sets for sale in case you cannot visit Graceland's
souvenir shop.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Limited Edition Film Cel
 The
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over film cel is a limited edition of
200 units. Every set is unique since each has a film strip
cut from the original film.
It is
not known if this is a licensed product. Most sets have
been advertised for sale from a source in the United Kingdom.
Spy
Kids 3-D: Game Over Sunglasses
 New
items continue to be released containing the Spy Kids 3-D:
Game Over logo. One of the latest is a pair of shield sunglasses
with grey lenses. There is also a set of shield sunglasses
with gold tint lenses. A Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over badge is
included on the right lens. Another style of Spy Kids 3-D:
Game Over sunglasses are the wrap sunglasses with SK3 on
both lenses. The wrap sunglasses are also available without
the SK3 logo on the lenses.
Incredible
Hulk Lenticular TV Guide Covers
 The
Incredible Hulk made his dramatic in-theatre debut on June
20, 2003. To celebrate his big moment, for the first time
since 1979, The Hulk appeared on the cover of TV Guide.
Only you've never seen him like this before! On two different
covers, each with an incredible, 3-D, full motion special
effect taken right from the film!
The
two TV Guide Magazine covers were on newsstands June 16
- 22, 2003. One of the scenes shows a full-action special
effect showing Hulk roaring with rage and another cover
3-D portrait that shows him close-up and in stunning detail.
First
Christmas Magazine (1953)
 Real
Adventures Publishing Company released First Christmas
Magazine in 1953. The
magazine featured the story of the birth the the baby Jesus
with every page in Panoramic 3-D, according to the cover.
The
contents included 2-D comic book artwork converted to 3-D.
One of the pages featured a 3-D map of the Holy Land showing
Mary's journey.
The
magazine came with red/blue anaglyphic 3-D glasses. The
glasses were made of cardboard with slits on each side to
insert the earpieces. The
publication measured 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". The
original price for the magazine in 1953 was 25 cents.
View-Master®
Santa Claus Cardboard Standee
 
Here's a real holiday blast from the past. A cartoon image
of Santa Claus is featured on one of the promotional Sawyer's
View-Master® cardboard standees used to market reels
and viewers.
Santa
Claus is shown holding a tan-colored View-Master® viewer.
The cartoon artwork also features Santa's toy bag is filled
with View-Master® viewers, reel packets and loose reels.
 The
Santa Claus display measures 16 3/4" tall.
Here
are a few of the View-Master® reels to feature Santa
Claus over the years:
- North
Pole, Colorado, Home of Santa's Workshop (A333 3-reel
packet)
- Home
of Santa's Workshop, North Pole, New York 1951 (Single
reel #9058)
- Santa's
Village, Dundee Park, Highway 17, Santa Cruz, California
(A135 3-reel packet)
- Santa's
Village, New Hampshire 1955 (Single reel #268)
- Santa's
Workshop, North Pole, New York (A660 3-reel packet)
The
Day After Tomorrow Lenticular Poster
 "The
Day After Tomorrow" is a big-budget, mega-event epic
movie that revolves around an abrupt climate change that
has cataclysmic consequences for the planet. Dennis Quaid
plays a paleoclimatologist who tries to find a way to save
the world from sudden global warming, and to save his own
son (Jake Gyllenhaal) who's in New York, which is fast being
taken over by the new Ice Age.
A The
Day After Tomorrow 3-D lenticular poster was included
in Variety Magazine. The 3-D motion poster features
the skyline of New York changing from waves flowing over
it to being completely frozen.
The
poster measures 10½" x 14½". The
poster might be hard to obtain since it was only available
to subscription holders.
Cast:
Professor
Adrian Hall - Dennis Quaid
Samual - Jake Gyllenhaal
Laura - Emmy Rossum
Lucy - Sela Ward
Zack - Joe Cobden
Bob - Kenneth Moskow
The
Day After Tomorrow is a 20th Century Fox film. The film
is slated for release on May 28, 2004.
Bizarre
Magazine 3-D Issue
Article
by Ray
Zone
 The
December 2003 issue of Bizarre Magazine, published
in Great Britain (now on news stands in the U.S.) is a special
3-D issue featuring an eclectic mix of weird images and
attractive models in polychromatic anaglyph. A color 3-D
cover of Playboy Playmate Neriah Davis in a skimpy bikini
announces the
special issue and this highly dimensional creature is featured
in a poolside feature story inside in 3-D.
Other
3-D features include a typical Bizarre Magazine conglomeration
of truly unsettling images converted to 3-D by David Burder
of London. "Picture Post Mortem," for example,
is 3-D spread showcasing outsized hands, a streetside crucifixion,
the twin towers of the World Trade Center afire, a young
Zebra attacked by two hungry crocodiles in a river and a
striking photograph of a mountain climber dangling from
a giant icicle.
This
magazine is definitely recommended for adults and is NOT
for everyone. But it will become a 3-D collectible, I can
guarantee you. The poolside 3-D photos of Neriah Davis were
shot on Fuji Provia slide film with a twin Konica rig assembled
by the late, great stereographer Paul Wing. The two Konica
cameras featured matched 30mm lenses on a vertically oriented
Jasper twin mount with convergence or "toe-in"
capability and a split cable release. The twin rig was slaved
to a power-pack that fired off a synchronised array of strobe
and bounce lights that were planted in the backyard around
the pool.
Bagged
in a wild 4-color printed envelope complete with custom
red/cyan Bizarre 3-D glasses, this special issue
continues a publishing tradition of using the anaglyph for
its sensationalism, the process accentuating a momentary
visual frisson of glossy sex and twisted anthropology. The
numerous ads for video games and horror movies (one of which
is in 3-D), along with gnarly 2-D features on Jonestown,
Pol Pot, the Muppets and Men's Magazines of the 1950s and
60s illustrate quite nicely the insanely varied sensibilities
at work on the editorial staff. The addition of color 3-D
to this kaleidoscopic mix was inevitable.
Bizarre
Magazine (Special 3-D Issue) December 2003, $7.95 (United
States)
Editor's
Note: Although the article states that the 3-D issue is
dated December 2003, the Bizarre Magazine Web site
lists the issue as being dated November 2003. Ray
Zone is one of the leading champions of 3-D in the world.
He has been called the King of 3-D Comics. For 20 years
through his company The
3-D Zone, Ray has been converting flat art to 3-D
for every conceivable application.
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