>support for stereo viewing needs to be added to the documentation
>
>--------
>
>stereo on|off|{degrees}
>stereo {degrees} redcyan|redblue
>
>The stereo command supports two forms of stereo rendering for molecules.
>The {degrees} value defines the angle of rotation about the y axis for the
>right image. The default value is 5 degrees of rotation for cross-eyed
>viewing. Negative values can be supplied for wall-eyed viewing.
>
>Jmol also supports analglyphic rendering of molecules ... for viewing with
>red+cyan or red+blue glasses. In this case, the default rotation is 3
>degrees. One should also experiment with different background colors when
>using redcyan or redblue stereo rendering. Many think that 'background
>grey' looks better than 'background white' or 'background black'.Can I add to the stereo debate. We have a Sharp LL-151-3D monitor, which is driven via an openGL driver. It is classed as an "autostereographic" display, requiring NO glasses (active, red/blue or other type) and hence suitable for eg student computer rooms etc. Its relatively cheap as these things go, and if costs drop further, may increasingly populate our resources. The drivers for this device come from eg http://www.ddd.com/product/tridef/visualizer/enabled/ http://www.ddd.com/product/tridef/visualizer/program/ where you can see the other (chemistry) supported programs. I dont know precisely how one codes for the device, but it seems to be through fairly high level openGL calls. Hence it might be worth considering how easy/difficult it might be to add this interface to Jmol. I dont suppose Java would be a problem; I know one of the programs on the list above (CAChe) is going over to Java. I might add that molecules displayed using the above have a very good sense of depth, and most people manage to see the stereo (a small proportion instead feel sick!). It would certainly be an (almost) unique selling point for Jmol. -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (020) 7594 5774 (Voice); +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax); [EMAIL PROTECTED] (iChat) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. (Voracious anti-spam filter in operation for received email. If expected reply not received, please phone/fax). ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
