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The birth of Stereoscopy: Wheatstone on Binocular Vision 1838, original source
June 21, 2022

The birth of Stereoscopy: Wheatstone on Binocular Vision 1838, original source

Back in 1838 the con­cept of binoc­u­lar vision had not yet been explored or writ­ten about any­where. It was a sci­en­tist in his mid 30s who not only described the phe­nom­e­non lat­er called stere­op­sis but also con­struct­ed a device to view two flat images in 3D which he called a stere­o­scope. This is espe­cial­ly remark­able as pho­tog­ra­phy was not invent­ed until one year lat­er. Charles Wheat­stone’s obser­va­tions were based only on draw­ings. Most of these draw­ings are based on hor­i­zon­tal mir­ror­ing which is why we call them mir­ror stere­os today. Read Wheat­stone’s orig­i­nal source here.

Collecting, History, Stereoscopes, Stereoviews
VSC Meeting, May 2022
April 30, 2022

VSC Meeting, May 2022

Are you up for a chal­lenge? We have one for you! The theme of our next com­mu­ni­ty slideshow in May will be ‘LIGHT’ and you’re invit­ed to send us your stereo pho­tos. It can be an image includ­ing sun rays, sun­sets, light art or just a cool light bulb.Besides the slideshow there will be a pre­sen­ta­tion about stereo con­ver­sions of paint­ings. Join us on May 8!

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VSC Meeting, April 2022
April 4, 2022

VSC Meeting, April 2022

Join our April meet­ing! Again, we will have two inspir­ing talks for you. You can dis­cov­er world maps with a third dimen­sion and the 3D artist with­in you! We also con­tin­ue our new “In-Depth-Social­iz­ing” series to intro­duce some of our mem­bers. See you there! Join us on Sun­day, April 10th 2022, at 2pm EDT / 8pm CEST

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VSC Meeting, March 2022
February 27, 2022

VSC Meeting, March 2022

In our next meet­ing we are going to have pre­sen­ta­tions about the Look­ing Glass Por­trait, a new dis­play which allows us to eas­i­ly cre­ate dig­i­tal lentic­u­lar images as well as some insights on the mag­ic of Wig­gle GIFs. And we have some­thing new: In-Depth Social­iz­ing. Join us to dis­cov­er new 3D trends and our com­mu­ni­ty on Sun­day, March 6 2022 at 2:00 pm EST / 7:00 pm GMT / 8:00 pm CET

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MINUTA STEREO — a new pinhole stereo camera
February 19, 2022

MINUTA STEREO — a new pinhole stereo camera

In 2020 the MINUTA STEREO Pin­hole Cam­era cam­paign got suc­cess­ful­ly fund­ed on Kick­starter with­in one month. The devel­op­er tells what hap­pened since.

Collecting, Stereocameras, Taking stereo photos
A Declaration of Love
February 14, 2022

A Declaration of Love

Alfred Silvester’s 1857 series of stere­oviews enti­tled ‘Dec­la­ra­tion of Love’ begins with a scene depict­ing a young woman seat­ed at the piano. Jonathan Ross inter­prets the series and reveals a Valen­tine’s tale — not only for Victorians.

Collecting, History, Stereoviews
VSC Meeting, February 2022
January 24, 2022

VSC Meeting, February 2022

Come join our sec­ond meet­ing in 2022! We will cov­er a broad vari­ety of top­ics: vin­tage stere­oview box sets, mod­ern stereo pho­tos from Paraguay and first-hand infor­ma­tion about the world’s biggest stereo event. Isn’t it just awe­some how mul­ti-facetted stere­oscopy is?
Join us Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 6th at 2:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm GMT / 8:00 pm CET

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VSC Meeting, January 2022
January 1, 2022

VSC Meeting, January 2022

Hap­py New Year to all of you! For our first meet­ing in 2022 we want to take a close look to our com­mu­ni­ty once again. We will fea­ture Felix Schlicht from Ger­many in a Pho­tog­ra­ph­er spot­light and then have a com­mu­ni­ty slide show. There­fore we ask you to send us up to 6 of your stereo pho­tos. Read the post for more details. Join us on Sun­day, Jan­u­ary 9th at 2:00 pm EDT / 18:00 GMT / 8:00 pm CEST

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A view behind the curtain of StereoPhoto Maker
December 12, 2021

A view behind the curtain of StereoPhoto Maker

StereoPho­to Mak­er, a soft­ware devel­oped by the Japan­ese stereo pho­tog­ra­ph­er Masu­ji Suto, made things a lot eas­i­er for dig­i­tal stereo pho­tog­ra­phy. Believe it or not, he is not a pro­fes­sion­al soft­ware devel­op­er! Like most of us, Masu­ji is just pas­sion­ate about stere­oscopy and is hap­py to help the com­mu­ni­ty with his soft­ware devel­op­ing skills. Curi­ous about him? We met him for an interview.

Taking stereo photos
VSC Meeting, December 2021
November 28, 2021

VSC Meeting, December 2021

Come join us on Decem­ber 5th! We will take you to a Win­ter Won­der­land and have plen­ty of time for a Com­mu­ni­ty Show & Tell.
Meet­ing time as usu­al at 2:00 pm EDT / 18:00 GMT / 8:00 pm CEST!

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A Trip to the Underworld
November 22, 2021

A Trip to the Underworld

Ladies and Gen­tle­men, please fas­ten your seat­belts because we are going to embark on a trip to the Under­world! This is a series of “Mod­ern Dia­b­leries” inspired by the orig­i­nal French Tis­sue stereo cards.
While most of the time the orig­i­nal Dia­b­leries were intend­ed to be scary, my approach and inter­pre­ta­tion on such Dev­il­ments is most­ly cheer­ful and entertaining.

Collecting, History, Stereoviews, Taking stereo photos
VSC Meeting, November 2021
November 1, 2021

VSC Meeting, November 2021

We’re going to take you on a trip to the under­world, show you where art meets real­i­ty and how to analyse a par­tial col­lec­tion of stereo glass slides. Join our next meet­ing @ Sun­day, Novem­ber 7 at 2:00 pm EDT / 18:00 GMT / 8:00 pm CEST

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