Halo 3-D Screenshots
Date: Monday, October 22 @ 09:29:32 UTC
Topic: Xbox 360
The other day I was playing around in the theater in Halo 3 when brilliance struck me, like a plasma grenade to the helmet. I was panning the camera back and forth looking for a good angle on my subject when it occurred to me: with full control over the camera, I can take multiple pictures from slightly different angles. This is the foundation of stereo photography. Since the screenshots aren't locked to the Xbox (I can download them to my PC via the Bungie website), I can process them into 3-D screenshots!
The awesomeness of that idea almost overwhelmed me.
Fortunately for me, I've done some work in stereoscopic 3-D rendering, so I'm familiar with the concepts and what's involved. It took some trial and error and some number crunching to work out some of the kinks, but I think I've got a pretty good feel for it now. So, without further ado, I present to you: Halo 3(d)!
You'll, of course, need a pair of 3-D glasses to see this, particularly red/cyan (red/blue will work, but not quite as well). It also helps to view it as big as possible. I've taken a dozen or so other shots in 3-D which you can check out in my Halo 3 Stereo 3D Screenshots set on flickr..
News-Source: katonian
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