Southwest Roadtrip
Sunday May 1, 2011: Stop at Peets for one last cup of coffee with our friends.
We're off on another long roadtrip. This time to New Mexico and Arizona. We've both been to these two states before, but this time we will have a lot of time to explore -- and to visit friends.
In the past, I have built up all of the day to day links etc. This time I am using a web platform named Weebly and one of the standard features of Weebly is a blog which allows me to include sophisticated multimedia components, such as images and videos.
One additional thing I am premiering this time is 3D images and videos. Some of you may know that I have a 3D TV. Well, I also have a good friend, Dick Koolish, who showed me pictures he took on his new Fuji FinePix REAL 3D W3 camera on our 3D TV and I had to get one, so I did. It is really cool.
Now, the problem with 3D is that it is difficult to show you these photos on a 2D screen. If you can cross your eyes, you can see the effect produced by this camera in this stereoscopic image below. Try sitting about 24 inches from the display and relax your eyes. Many people find this difficult. If this is the case, then the only way I can show you the effect of 3D on a 2D screen is to simulate what a human (or a bird) might do by moving your head side to side to understand the 3-dimensionality of a real scene. It turns out that there are programs that can do this: If you can't cross your eyes and see the 3D image, click on the image below to see the simulation; if it doesn't move, refresh the page and it should start wiggling:
In the past, I have built up all of the day to day links etc. This time I am using a web platform named Weebly and one of the standard features of Weebly is a blog which allows me to include sophisticated multimedia components, such as images and videos.
One additional thing I am premiering this time is 3D images and videos. Some of you may know that I have a 3D TV. Well, I also have a good friend, Dick Koolish, who showed me pictures he took on his new Fuji FinePix REAL 3D W3 camera on our 3D TV and I had to get one, so I did. It is really cool.
Now, the problem with 3D is that it is difficult to show you these photos on a 2D screen. If you can cross your eyes, you can see the effect produced by this camera in this stereoscopic image below. Try sitting about 24 inches from the display and relax your eyes. Many people find this difficult. If this is the case, then the only way I can show you the effect of 3D on a 2D screen is to simulate what a human (or a bird) might do by moving your head side to side to understand the 3-dimensionality of a real scene. It turns out that there are programs that can do this: If you can't cross your eyes and see the 3D image, click on the image below to see the simulation; if it doesn't move, refresh the page and it should start wiggling:
When you see similar stereo images on subsequent pages, if you can't do the "stereo cross eyes thing", then you can always click on the image to see the simulation.
Now, on with the show. One more thing: the entries for the days are displayed in the normal blog order -- last in first out. So, go to the bottom to read in chronological order. To see the beginning of our trip, click on the May 1-7 item in the menu bar and go to the bottom to start at day 1.
Now, on with the show. One more thing: the entries for the days are displayed in the normal blog order -- last in first out. So, go to the bottom to read in chronological order. To see the beginning of our trip, click on the May 1-7 item in the menu bar and go to the bottom to start at day 1.