Virtual Trackballs: An Interactive Taxonomy
Rotating 3D objects on a 2D screen is a fundamental building block of human-computer interaction. Being able to reach through a pane of glass and touch virtual objects is absolutely…
Turn your CAD models into Stereograms
It's easy to get intuition of the shape of a CAD model when rotating the model around in your CAD software or a 3D viewer. Unfortunately, most of the web…
Introducing the ‘mpl_stereo’ Library to Make Stereograms and Anaglyphs
When I was a kid growing up in the 90's, I was fascinated with the "Magic Eye" books. These were picture books filled with images like the one below, which…
Flying around 3d plots with an IMU and quaternions
Cool Video First! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIT4kRJhyBY Project Idea I generate a good number of 3D plots for work and other projects, and for a while I've wanted to make a physical device…