Author: Mad Shifty

It's nowhere near done lol, but a long waited sister site for PARALLAX-SHIFT devoted entirely to the history of 3-D Video Games 🙂 https://3dgamehistorycom.wordpress.com/

This past weekend both Carlos and I visited the Chester Burger Stereo Slide collection, which is split between the NYPL and NYHS. I have found no documentation or reports on the collection barring the single Stereo World article published in 1991 at the time the collections were donated. Carlos visited the NYHS on Friday, I … Continue reading Chester Burger NYPL Stereo Slide Catalog- about 1549 pages long…

Via twitter post from Stereoscopic Society 🙏🙏🙏 https://phys.org/news/2023-08-topographical-elements-paleolithic-art-revealed.html

One of the ongoing Stereo-History/Cultural Heritage projects the PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club is undertaking is documenting and promoting the Chester Burger stereo slide collection which is housed between the NYPL and NYHS. The collection is practically unknown to the outside world and is obviously incredibly important as the collection is housed between two of the most … Continue reading Devising Capture Devices for the Chester Burger Realist Stereo Slide Collection

I realize this title of this post sounds rather redundant but bear with me for a moment. I'm working right now with my friend Don Froula on volumetric visualizations of Lissajous figures and he took it up on himself to make the Stereoscopic SBS video below of the patterns he created on his oscillator, because … Continue reading Stereoscopic Ambiguity in Overlapping Areas of Ambiguous Stereo-Images

Don Froula is one of the smartest, funnest and most interesting friends I have on Instagram and he's been taking the ball and RUNNING with exploring 3-Dimensional volumetric visualizations of Lisaajous figures. His Instagram is here, https://instagram.com/donfroula?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg== definitely give him a follow, but he also has a YouTube channel I just started sorting through, which … Continue reading Check out Don Froula’s YouTube Channel!

The harmonograph book I'm referencing to study the patterns created by this volumetric wave generator has a stereoscopic illustration (for cross viewing no less!) to convey the three dimensional-ness of the forms.. https://twitter.com/p4ra114x_5h1f4/status/1686045757449678848?t=bjWKUZFMVbF734Ym4jiWaA&s=19 I'll pursue this some more.. I knew as soon as I saw the forms that I had a book somewhere with illustrations … Continue reading As if I needed another reason to be obsessed with my new string toy

I wanted to write up a short post to highlight some of the mork of multi disciplinary artist Nick Brandreth, namely his work on Lippmann Plates. Nick is a friend and colleague of mine that I only know through Instagram, his account is HERE please give it a follow.  He teaches at George Eastman House … Continue reading Nick Brandreth on Creating Lippmann Plates

I had a wonderful little zoom meeting/interview with Bob Furmanek of 3-D Film Archive the other day, unfortunately, it was my FIRST self hosted zoom meeting that I wanted to record and I did NOT set the settings on my phone correctly and it didn't save, which is a bummer because I think it was … Continue reading ROBOT MONSTER 3-D CONQUERS NYC! JUNE 24th 2023!

Our dear friends at Stereo Club Tokyo have been working hard on preparations for the upcoming ISU Congress in Japan this year. One of the many projects their members and leadership team have been undertaking is this- a chronological history of stereo & 3D explorations in Japan. https://isu2023.stereoclub.jp/index_stereojapan.html#1982 I haven't even begun to explore everything … Continue reading STEREO CLUB TOKYO’S Chronological History of Stereoscopy in Japan- NEW to the ESSENTIAL LIST

M Henry Jones was a mentor and a true friend to Sam, I & everyone in the PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club. Even though M. Henry had been a staple in the NYC artworld for decades, exploring 3D formats of every variety via Snake Monkey Studio, we only knew him for a short time. He worked completely … Continue reading Flys Eye, Integral Imaging, M. Henry Jones & Roberta Bennett’s Immense Contributions to Explorations in Stereoscopic Communication

This is just a sneak peek at an amazing little set up that I've been using since 2019 to successfully CAPTURE side-by-side  stereo stills & videos AND INSTANTLY PROJECT THEM for group presentation. I call it my Pocket Sized, Polarized, Portable Digital Stereo Capture/Projection Instantaneous Production Studio (or something to that effect) and when it's … Continue reading POCKET SIZED POLARIZED PORTABLE INSTANTANEOUS DIGITAL STEREO/ PROJECTION STUDIO 👀 (teaser post)

Here's a woman after my own heart 😉 Leeann Huang is an LA based designer/mfg of a plastic fantastic line of lenticular/optical clothing and accessories! Give her insta profile a follow! https://www.instagram.com/leeann.huang/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cq3PrSUJCnh/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== You can purchase all her products right there on her online shop, which include pocketbooks, shoes, outerwear, even tees with lenticular appliques! … Continue reading Lenticular Clothing/Accessory line by Leeann Huang 👀

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I just figured out it's Memorial Day weekend because big sales are popping up everywhere!! LITIHOLO- The manufacturers/distributors of automatic developing holography film and plates (they are basically like polaroids, but for holography!) Is having a 20% off sale on film! use code May2023Film20 to receive your discount at checkout!! https://www.litiholo.com/

Now THATS SOME WALKING AROUND MONEY! Use code MDAY at checkout to receive $250 off your purchase of Leia Inc's new Lume Pad², the GROUNDBREAKING new 3D AI tablet/3D camera https://www.leiainc.com/ I've got a ton of new articles coming out for the blog and quite a few of them note this absolutely brilliant 3D product … Continue reading MASSIVE $250 OFF LUME PAD² MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2023!

Ive said it before and I'll say it again, membership has it's privileges! I've just acquired a lovely assortment of new membership perks that may appeal to the serious stereo-photographers in our community! This handy set of professional photographic targets and charts was generously donated to the P-SCC by Highlighit Studio in NYC, which is located on … Continue reading New P-SSC Membership Perks!

Exciting news! I finally set up my print studio again, it's been over a year since I've printed and I'm getting right back into the swing of things... I'm a dye sub specialty printer and can print on everything BUT paper... I'm still setting up the printers and just have to convert my new one … Continue reading LIMITED EDITION P-S 3D MERCH DROP is COMING SOON!

Will be livestreaming late Sunday May 14th, in the afternoon/early evening! Happy mother's day to all the moms & kids out there, which most certainly includes YOU 🙂 When I first started on this project I was unsure if the stereo camera that I would be making, would be a dedicated standalone dual aperture stereo-pinhole … Continue reading Dollar $tore $t£r€0gRā₽h¥ #13- Stereo Pinhole Camera (updated 5/24/23)

A Viewmaster Reel Digitizer anyone can make using a coffee can and your smartphone! This episode was actually a project made at the request of my twitter (& insta) friend Dave Wynn https://twitter.com/StereoSimian?t=3uNxld3dc7RNOQHPPgBmVg&s=09 SUPPLIES NEEDED: Coffee can with a clear translucent lid Battery powered push light Thumbtack/Push pin- you might want to find something thick … Continue reading Dollar $tore $t£r€0gRā₽h¥ #12. Viewmaster Reel Digitizer