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From roth@ens.ascom.ch:
Fabulous idea with the mirrors instead rendering the scene twice with diffent
camera positions.

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From jknepley@nyx.net:
Excellent use of a new technique, and the scene is even good.  Kudos!

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From djconnel@flash.net:

The rendering and modeling are very nicely done!  The mirror trick,
in particular, is quite nice -- a trick I will need to remember.
However, I don't think the 3d gimmick is worth the cost in resolution
here -- the richness of your modeling, texturing, and scene composition
is seriously comprimised.  I think a rendered scene, better representing
the engineering aspects of the subject, would score a little higher.


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From castlewrks@aol.com:
While 3-d is a neat concept, the art of your "view" is obscurred and the
detail is not apparent for judging.  My eyes hurt from trying to do the
3-d view of your image.
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From up@ct.heise.de:
it took some minutes, but than I saw it. Wow.

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From agage@mines.edu:
I am impressed.  As it is, the image itself is somewhat small, as you basically
cheated yourself out of making use of all of the 800x600 space.  But when
viewed
in stereo, the image does have a VERY unique impression of depth.  This image
received my first ever perfect twenty for technical merit, since I had assumed
there would need to be some kind of conversion for this -- but doing it all in
one pass, while preserving the effect, is truely noteworthy.  I expect to look
into your site in the future -- while I like images to be more horizontal, the
appeal to your effect is great.


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From sonya_roberts@geocities.com:
Nice idea, and very well executed.  The Great Wall is nively modelled and
textured.  Good job!

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From tlyons@gnn.com:

nice effect!
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From kaustin@tgn.net:
I finally managed to pull the stereo image into focus. Nice. The images are
a little too far apart to do this readily. Overall well done. The people look
believeable, and the small details (such as the trees) turned out nicely. This
image reminds me of nothing so much as the ViewFinder images of childhood, in
which the 3D images always seemed somehow more crisp than reality.

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From daves@wkpowerlink.com:
I sat there for about 15 minutes, and JUST about saw the stereogram, but lost
it when I blinked. I'll keep trying... Perfect 20 for originality.
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From chipr@niestu.com:
Delightful stereo effect, and extremely clever way it was achieved.  Top marks
for tech merit.  Is it possible to make each image wider without distortion?
As for the scene, very nice, good use of atmosphere.  Why the airplane?

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From arcana@sinbad.net:
The idea of a stereoscopic rendering is an interesting one, but may detract
from
what scores you may receive in the competition. Simply because it can't be
judged
on the same basis as the other images entered.

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
Well, not smoke & mirrors but definitely mirrors.  Very cleaver, got my highest
score for technical merit.  The detail the gaurds really pops out when viewed
in stereo.

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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
Nice idea, very efficient.
I just regret to have only these little rectangles instead of having two full
half-pages...

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Excellent!
(Although we could not see it as a 3D image.)

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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:
Neat mirror trick to produce that stereo image!
Btw, to get "parallel view" (as opposed to "cross eye") stereo images into
correct focus, I find it much easier to almost touch the monitor with the nose
than to sit at a longer distance. If I sit farther away I need to cover the
wrong images up with a piece of paper or a finger ...

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From c_et_d@club-internet.fr:
nice landscape. the idea of the mirrors is great.

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From lpurple@netcom.com:
Kind of small due to the stereo format; but well-modelled and lit.

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From peter@table76.demon.co.uk:
That's a much better way to do stereo pairs than the method I tried a while ago
- and yours works!


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From r@cust169.webbernet.net>:
My eyes do not work well for this trick (although crosseye video works for me),
so I can't evaluate the effectiveness of the stereo.  The modelling is great,
but the picture seems a bit out of focus or foggy or fuzzy.  I would like to be
able to see the detail better.  The sense of distance as you follow the Wall to
the horizon is impressive.