3D with Crayola Glasses

[+Gemintronic]

I've noticed this effect with my glasses and some LCD panels. Turns out Crayola has figured it out too:

http://www.crayola.com/products/splash/outdoor/3dchalk.cfm

 

Basically, with their specially polarized (or, whatever) glasses things towards red appear closer and things toward blue appear further. My thought is using this for a simple 3D game without worrying about shutter glasses. Anyone have a pair of these to see if they work on a TV?

[Emehr]

Yep. This was the basis for those 3D light shows in the 90s. I went to a U2 light show and I think I still have the glasses. Afterward I did some experiments with colored pencils. I recently noticed this with the temperature control in my car at night when the panel controls are lit up. The blue (cool) and red (heat) semicircle rings appear to be at different distances even though they're on the same knob. And this is without polarized glasses. Weird.

 

I get a different 3D effect with the headliner in my air-cooled Volkswagen. This is more like "magic eye" 3D where if I look up at it, my focus is beyond the headliner and the perforations are overlapping but in focus, which makes it look like the perfs are floating above the vinyl. It really messes with your vision if you don't know what's going on.

[Master Phruby]

So the question is how do we apply this to a 2600 game?

[+Gemintronic]

Whip out VisualbB or other source for 2600 color charts and write down perceived depth values while wearing the glasses.

[+SpiceWare]

The glasses for VH1's I Love The 80s 3-D did the same thing. They have a few clips there that you can view online.

 

[Rex Dart]

Yeah, I have a pair of polarized lenses that Nintendo put out for the same purpose when they launched the Virtual Boy. Had a bunch of red-on-black junk you were supposed to look at. It sorta worked.

[+RevEng]

Looks like the name of the system is called ChromaDepth, and from the description it sounds like they should work just fine on the 2600. You could even create a 3D manual and box+cart art.

 

Searching on ebay for ChromaDepth reveals that you can get paper-frame ones for about $2 each, which is well within "bundle with cart" territory.

[+SpiceWare]

On the back of my I Love The 80s 3-D is:

 

http://www.3dglassesonline.com

 

Their store front sells the paper ones in lots of 50 for $50. They also sell plastic framed glasses for a bit more.

 

http://the3dmarket.c...ons/chromadepth