Links to the 3D-Links

Instead of writing down thousands of links here are the links to the most important LINK-collections:
 

Dan's 3D-Links Page - Giant, sorted, with descriptions

Stereoscopic Web Ring Member List - Lots of pure stereo links, with descriptions

3D Forums/Webboards

stereo3d.com forum

stereovision.net forum (lots of discussions about Revelator and Wicked3D drivers)

nvidia forum

Gali-3D forum english

Gali-3D forum czech

mv-v.com VR forum italiano

3dtv · 3d stereoscopic amateur videos discussion group

i-Art support forum (lots of discussions about Wicked3D drivers!)

3D glasses discussion group by Rainbow Symphonies

3D-Brille - german forum

 

3D Images for Shutterglasses, VR-Helmets and red/blue-anaglyph glasses

3D-Dali - the art of Salvador Dali in stereo - New

3D Expo by VRex - hi-res state-of-the-art images

3D Images Slide Show

3D-Stereo Photos

3D-Web Stereo Images - 3-D Gallery

ALO Depth Charge images

Alpes Stereo

Anaglyph Page

Animated Stereo Pairs

Antique nude 3d anglyph - commercial, free samples

ASUS sample images (FTP)

Bestavia - New

Boomin3D Image Co. - lots of free hi-res interlaced images plus 3D-CD-ROM offerings

Burning Man 3D site - updated

Cybertec

eDimensional Gallery  - interlaced images

Forensic Photonics - New

i-Art Gallery

Interlace Gallery

Hideki Ono Stereo Gallery

JPS-eyecandy

Lior's 3D Pictures - anaglyph image collection

New3D

Peculiar Stereo Animations

Photopromotion (anaglyph)

Slides

SOFTreat Image Gallery

Stereoerotic - anaglyph and interlaced - adult - commercial

Stereofoto - great shots in JPS format - New

Stereographics Gallery

Stereography megazine - gallery & large link list

Stereoscopic Images by Steven W. Andersen

Stereovision.net Gallery

Taipei Stereographic Image Gallery  - large collection, all topics, but slow net-connection

Total 3D Gallery

Virtual Vernisage

WhurlTV - anaglyphs - New

World Fair 1889 Paris in Stereo

Companies/Manufacturers
 

4d-vision - autostereoscopic systems

Bunton Instrument Co., Inc/Bunton Microserve Corporation -  digital 3D surgical microscopy  - New

Ilixco (manufacturer of i-glasses, H3D, eyeScream, Revelator, i-3D)

Lantor LTD. - lenticular lens products

Multimo 3D-Display by Heinrich-Hertz-Institute

PTGrey - professional stereo cameras (digiclops) and stereo software

RBT-Raumbildtechnik GmbH, Germany  manufactures stereo-cameras, stereo-slide-projectors and utilities

Spatial View Inc. - autostereoscopic displays (formerly Baldeweg GmbH/AG) - New

Spinor Software - Shark 3D Engine - development package supporting stereo - updated

Stereopia -

STEREOSCOPIC SCANNING - 3D in Industry & Multimedia

VPST - Virtual Prototyping and Simulation Technology (courses, seminars, consulting, design)

World Holographics - lenticular lens products - New

 

Please also refer to the links on the hardware and  software overview and review pages.



Best of it's kind
 

• Catalyst - good introduction to shutterglasses technology
• Dimension3 - one of the best 3D-Movie/3D-TV-broadcast sources
• Futuroscope, France - a whole giant theme-park of 'Disneysian' proportions for 3D-movie & VR addicts, unbelievable, but true
• JPA associates - professional page with daily news on graphics hard-and software
• Stereoscopy - The home of several 3D-companies, organizations and magazines; big link list too
• Stereography Megazine - 100% pure stereo, good news section, lots of pix and much more
• Tom's hardware page - best source for info on PC-hardware components (general)
• Vision3D - Basics of stereo-vision and medical issues

Homebrew
 
• Andreas Schulz homebrew controllers - most advanced design
• Florian Schreck HomebrewVR & Colorgram page (circuit development, VGA-pass-through, sync-doubler!)
• Jaques 3D Seite Homebrew Sync-Doubler, (easy to build, in english and german)
• Jörg Fischer & Team Homebrew-VR-Page (circuit development)
• Thomas Schuhmann and Franz Krause Homebrew-VR-Page (printed circuits for various controllers!) -> mirror site here
• Tomi Engdahl Homebrew-VR-Page (the homebrew pioneer!, basic circuits, serial/parallel, 3D-TV/Video-circuit)
• Prof.  John Hart DUAL MONITOR VIEWING OF DIGITAL STEREO PAIRS - New

Review and Info Sites
 
• 3D-Brille/Virtual PC, Germany - Info, Download, Forum & Shop - New
• Microdisplay Page
• Multi-E-Max video processor review by Audiovision  (in german)
• Shutterglasses-Page by Matteo Paterno (italian, focus on SimulEyes & Cyberboy)
• Stereo-Page by Dave Milici
• stereovision.net (former Glassy Glasses H3D fan page)
• Stereoweb by Alfredo Gonzales  (spanish, stereoscopy basics, hard- and software, image gallery for all formats)
• VFX1 , VFX3D & Cybermaxx Homepage by Carsten Meyer & Klaus Tietz (news, software lists, downloads, technology, hints)
• VFX3D.de - german portal for the famous hmd
• VFXForce - french page on VFX-1 and VFX3D in french and english language
• Virtual & Really.Ru by Vladimir Simtchenko (in russian language)- New
• VRNews, Technology Review by Jerry Isdale's columns, etc.
• VR-Page by Denis Bolic - covers HMDs, headtracking, shutterglasses
• VR Savage - reviews, projects, homebrew in english
• VRSource - VR software, hardware

Research & Development, Specials, Free Software, 3D-Video
 

• 3D-video-tutorial - New
• Andrew Woods Stereo research page (deep sea robotics and more)
• Cybernarium VR theme park project
• Donald Sawdai LCD-BIOS-Page (site is down; you can download lcdbios here)
• Dorle Wolf - paintings in Chromadepth^(TM)-format
• Duncan Hodson LCD-Quake page
• Frank DeFreitas Web Museum of Holography
• Jean-Marc Desvals opto-therapy with 3D-Max (french & english, treatment of patients with binocular vision disorders)
• Marius Schilder LCD-Quake page (author of the DOS-Quake tweak)
• Martin Kaltenbrunner i-glasses developer page
• Mellott's VR-Page (several VR-projects, including Wireless VR-Glove with schematics)
• Michal Husak Stereo-MPEG-Page (free MPEG 1/2 stereo player and encoder, sample videos)
• Michal Husak JPS OpenGL Stereo-Viewer Page (freeware)
• Michal Husak How to convert 3D-videos for the PC
• Mimiker True 3D Motion System - New
• Richard Horne 3DEM page (3D elevation model, landscape renderer, freeware)
• SIRDS - Everything about Autostereograms
• Todd M. Purcell's H3D/Quake page(H3D-Q2-font fix and more!!!)
• Trizax - The 3D-channel for science, medicine and technology
• Winchell Chung 3D-Starmapping site
• Woontack Woo's Stereo Research/3D Coding Page (one focus is on 3D-video coding, link collection with lots of unique entries)



Literature

Books (printed & online)

• Robert P. Rutstein, Kent M. Daum, James T. Hays (Illustrator), Ken Norris Anomalies of Binocular Vision : Diagnosis & Management
• Alexander Hennig: Die andere Wirklichkeit - Virtual Reality (german), Addison-Wesley, ISBN 3-8273-1102-0
• Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers: Binocular Vision and Stereopsis (Oxford Psychology Series, 29), August 1995, ISBN: 0195084764, price $145.00
• Bernie Roehl: Playing God - Creating Virtual Worlds
• Bernie Roehl: Virtual Reality Creations
• John Fovine: Steps into virtual reality, Mc graw Hill, ISBN-0-07-911906-9 (this book contains a VGA-PT circuit)
• Gerhard Kuhn: Stereoscopy and 3D- Projection. A modern Guide to Theory and Practice, 2000, ISBN: 3889551203
• Gerhard Kuhn: Stereofotografie und Raumbildprojektion. Die neue Dimension für Diafotografen, 1992, ISBN: 3889550428
• Gerhard Kuhn: Stereofotografie und Raumbildprojektion. Theorie und Praxis, Geräte und Materialien, 1999, ISBN: 388955119X
• Zhengyou Zhang, Olivier Faugeras: 3D Dynamic Scene Analysis : A Stereo Based Approach (Springer Series in Information Sciences, Vol 27)
• David F. McAllister: Stereo Computer Graphics and Other True 3d Technologies (Princeton Series in Computer Science)
• John Waldsmith: Stereo Views : An Illustrated History and Price Guide, Mai 2002, 2nd Rev, ISBN: 0873494091
• F. Vogtle: Stereo Viewer : For Achieving a Three-Dimensional Perception of Stereo Illustrations, 1990, 2nd, ISBN: 0895739798
• StereoGraphics Developers' Handbook (lots of basic stereo knowledge, highly recommended, available in Acrobat format)
• StereoGraphics CrystalEyes™ Software Development Kit Handbook (lots of basic stereo knowledge, highly recommended, available in Acrobat format)


Magazines (printed)

• 3D-Magazin, Germany (100% pure stereo3D in german language with english abstracts, discontinued by the end of 1998)
• Microdisplay Report
• The International Journal of Virtual Reality, USA
• VR News - Virtual Reality Worldwide, UK

 
 
 
3D-Retailers

USA - retailers
 

• 3-D Image Tek Corp. - HMD, decoder, encoder, cams, etc.
• 3-Qubed - i-Art Eye3D distributor
• 3D Images Ltd -  glasses, lenticulars, focal decoders, 3D-video, anaglyphs, solar eclipse viewers
• 3DTV Corp. - maybe the largest assortment of 3D hard- and software, biggest 3D-video library
• Anachrome - high quality Anaglyph glasses with special color formula & diopter correction
• Berezin Stereo Photography Products, USA - 3d viewers,  slide boxes, ViewMaster Reels and 3D glasses
• C3Dnow  - shutterglasses
• ComputerNerdz  - Cyber3DVisor, VR-Joy, Revelator, H3D and more
• Computers and More - giant assortment of VR-products - glasses, helmets, software, videos
• Cyberworld Interactive  - VFX, i-glasses, eyeSCREAM, 3D-SPEX
• eDimensional - shutterglasses, software and more
• i-glasses - shutterglasses, HMD, video, software
• illusionArtStore - 3D & motion Lenticular Art prints  - New
• Rainbow Symphony - anagyph, Pulfrich, polarization and other glasses; plastic and cardboard, all  quantities
• Reel 3D - slides, cameras and more
• VRImmersions - HMD, controllers
• Virtual Realities - HMD, glasses, gloves, controllers, 3D-video and more
• Virtual Video - spare parts & software for the i-glasses, 3D-video
• XGaming - shutterglasses, video, software

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Germany - retailers
 

• 3D-Brille/Virtual PC, Germany - i-Art - New
• Brenner & Sievritts IS GbR, Germany - VR-Joy
• digital-3D-media, Germany - stereo-picture-CD's, i-Art shutterglasses
• Dynatron, Germany - i-Art Eye3D
• Mindprojects, Germany - SimulEyes, i-glasses, FS5, VR-4
• MMS Computer, Germany - i-Art Eye3D and other shutterglasses
• MS-EDV, Germany - i-glasses
• PEARL, Germany - VFX-1, i-glasses-spare parts, software
• stereo-optik-grosch - 3d-cameras, glasses, projectors
• 

The 3DIST, Germany; international orders accepted, page available in english & german (Another I's, VR-Joy, i-glasses, VFX-1, CyberMaxx, Cyberboy (on request), 3D-Photos on CD, 3D-Max-CD, camera adapters, viewers, 3D-videos, 3D-slide-holders, books, Viewmaster-reels)
• VFX3D.de - german info and shopping portal for VFX-3D
• vision drei - amateur and professional 3d video solutions- New
• VRT GmbH, Germany - StereoGraphics

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

other countries - retailers
 

• 3D Communication, Italy
• 3D-Experience, UK - New
• Cybermind, Netherlands - headsets
• de Wijs, Netherlands - professional stereoscopic photography and 3-D supplies, especially prof. 3D-viewers
• DEMON3D, Australia & New Zealand - i-Art distributor - New
• inition: Innovative Graphics Solutions - UK,  VR-distributor with a stunning range of professional products - New
• Imago 3D - UK   i-glasses and i-art products- New
• Immersion - France - professional VR equipment - New
• Italian Hardware Research, Italy - Woobo products
• Mindflux, Australia - tons of glasses, helmets and other VR-gear, software
• Skylinc - APEC and others?
• Studio3D - all kinds of stereo-gadgets and collectibles
• The VR-Source
• Tatox3D, Italy
• TJ3D, China - glasses, helmets, projectors, software
• vrheadsets.co.uk - UK, infos and shopping for the isles