Re: [ccp4bb]: StereoGraphics on OSX

[Ian Ollmann <iano@apple.com>]

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On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 3:09 PM, DeLano, Warren wrote:

> However, you are currently limited to full-screen when in stereo mode. 
>  If stereo-in-a-window is important to you (as it is to me), then 
> please let Apple know via the usual channels:
>
> mailto:scitech@apple.com
> http://survey.info.apple.com/feedback/

scitech@apple.com is not a very good way of communicating directly with 
Apple. It is an Apple provided list for users to communicate with one 
another. Of course, some Apple engineers do lurk there and answer 
questions from time to time. However, there is no mechanism in place to 
make sure that complaints sent there are ever looked at by anyone at 
Apple. If it works at all, you got lucky.

The feedback page is a good channel for broad suggestions and big 
picture solutions that you want to see on the mac, like "I need 
stereo!". For detailed problems of the sort of minutae that a lone 
engineer would love to see, the best feedback is through Apple's bug 
reporter:

	http://bugreporter.apple.com

This would be for stuff like "stereo doesn't work with my NEC avn2 
monitor, and Crystal Eyes on such and such an operating system" or 
maybe even "I need stero in a window support!"  In order to file bugs 
there, you need to join the Apple Developer Program. Happily this is 
free and anyone can join.

> Also keep in mind that you will need a good CRT for stereo -- 
> unfortunately Apple's beautiful flat panel displays can't do a crisp 
> 120 Hz refresh.

My understanding is that this is a limitation of how fast liquid 
crystals can be made to change state. Until such time that the flat 
panels go to a technology that can switch at this rate, you'll probably 
be working on CRTs for 3D visualization techniques that rely on very 
fast refresh rates.

Ian