Wheatstone stereoscope

Wheatstone stereoscope

[¦wēt‚stōn ′ster·ē·ō‚skōp]
(optics)
A type of stereoscope that uses plane mirrors to enable the eyes to form a fused image of two pictures whose separation is greater than the interocular distance.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A Wheatstone stereoscope uses two mirrors mounted at 90[degrees] to each other.
3-D pictures in science
Furthermore, stationary examples of these types of pictures have been around since Victorian times (Wheatstone stereoscopes), and films have been around since the craze for them in the 1950s.
Debate over 3D technology grows with optics' insight

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