3D glasses summary



Hi Guys,

A while ago, I requested information regarding 3-D glasses. As a result, there were several excellent responses. Below is the original question and a summary of the responses

Thank you so much to those of you who responded. I hope this will be helpful to anyone else who needs this information. I apologize for the time lag in my summary of these responses.

============== Original Question ==============
Hi Guys,

I am looking for some high quality red/blue 3-D glasses for viewing large molecule dynamics in Spartan and other programs with 3-D capabilities. If anyone knows of a company which carries this, please let me know.

Thanks, Deley Sulton

============== Response #1 ==============

From: "Hui-Hsu (Gavin) Tsai" <hxt10 %! at !% po.cwru.edu>

I tried the spartan installed in my computer. It does not have MD functions and 3D capacity. But InsightII in MSI and Sybl (?) have the 3D capacities.

Some kinds of 3D glasses are very fancy using liquid crystal and also need battery. Molecular simulation inc and sybl may have 3D fancy glasses.

============== Response #2 ==============

From:
"Dr. Peter Bladon" <cbas25 %! at !% strath.ac.uk>

One firm is:
Karran Group
Karran House
Woodbridge Meadows
Guildford
Surrey
England
GU1 1BA
UK

Phone +44-(0)1483-576-777
Fax +44-(0)1483-458-558
ISDN +44-(0)1483=450-398
Email sales %! at !% karrangroup.co.uk

They have supplied me in the past with red/green and polarising spectacles. They also make red/blue spectacles.

Whether their products, which are of the cardboard mounted types, would satisfy your "high qua;ity" requirement is another matter. Looking at their web-site
http://www.karran.com/home/html is interesting. They seem to be really a firm of printers specialising in advertising "toys"

I can recommend them for their friendlyness and willingness to supply small quantities, and a reasonable price. The spectacles cost me 8 pounds per 100 for the red/green type and 25 pounds for the polarising type. This was some years ago however.

Yours sincerely, Peter Bladon

============== Response #3 ==============

From:
Science <science %! at !% proinformatix.com>

Well, at home I have "low quality" ELSAs 3D shutter glasses, originally made for Half Life, but work great with GRASP. At work I have those from Stereographics, the CrystalEyes. I suppose there are "high quality" , however I am not satisfied with any of these when it comes to viewing a protein or a part of it in ball and stick.

Good 3D effect is so far only gained when viewing molecular surfaces.

Cheers, Sergio

============== Response #4 ==============

From:
Sergio Manzetti <sergio %! at !% proinformatix.com>

www.stereographics.com

Cheers, Sergio

============== Response #5 ==============

From:
"Borosy, Andras {Basi~Basel}" <ANDRAS.BOROSY %! at !% Roche.COM>

http://www.nuvision3d.com/

Best, Borosy, András
Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd
POB 3255, 65/316
4002 Basel
tel: +41-61-6885469
fax: +41-61-6882139
www.basileapharma.com

============== Response #6 ==============

From:
"Mark A. Thompson" <markt158 %! at !% home.com>

It appears that one needs an application written with Direct3D (rather than OpenGL) to use these glasses. I'd bet that most commercial chemistry applications use OpenGL.

Mark
home page: http://members.home.net/markt158/

============== Response #7 ==============

From:
Enrique Carredano <enrique.carredano %! at !% eu.amershambiosciences.com>

Some time ago there was some information about 3D glasses in the CCL. I contacted them, bought a pair of glasses and they work fine for the sgi with the TRIPOS software. Here I forward the e-correspondence to you.

Best regards, Enrique

=> summary of the results of Enrique’s e-correspondence with:

Hervé SCHWERTZ
PIXEL TECH
Site de Grosberty
07100 Annonay
FRANCE
Tel: 33 4 75 69 00 40
Fax: 33 4 75 69 00 48
email: herve.pixeltech %! at !% wanadoo.fr
web: www.caldera.fr/pixeltech

Objet : Re: Affordable stereo (3D) glasses for Crystallographers and Molecularmodellers

Our company markets a new range of affordable stereoscopic wireless glasses: the 60GX. They deliver images that are crisp, clear and flicker-free over the entire display. Lightweight and easy to wear, they can be installed in seconds and even fit over prescription glasses. The 60GX are fully compatible with all of today’s stereo-ready workstations (SGI,HP, Sun, DEC-Compaq, IBM) . They are also compatible with IR emitters from Stereographics, providing an economical alternative to Crystaleyes. They bring you superior quality in a lighter frame at a lower price.

Of course, they are fully compatible with cristallography software such as Frodo, Turbo Frodo, O (Alwyn Jones purchased one of our systems), and molecular modeling packages from Tripos, MSI, or Oxford molecular.

The retail price of our glasses if half the price of its competitors, so do not hesitate to contact us for further details, or to get a demo unit for testing.

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