r/ParallelView

Again, some are better than others. Most of these are taken cha-cha from a moving boat, so ... The ones that obviously aren't were also cha-cha, but they came out much better.

Sorry if this isn't right. I think I took these from a moving boat going "the wrong way" and when I processed them I forgot to check, so they came out parallel view instead of crossview (which is my normal). I can't get them to merge because I never managed PV, but if you do, enjoy! :-)

Some better than others. There are so many castles along the Rhine river because it was a major shipping lane that every warlord in reach could dip into taxing the river traffic.

This one is weird. MGSV crashes if you apply Geo-11. I found this post while looking for solutions were someone suggested running it through DXVK to enable Reshade. With Geo-11 you have to chain it because both use d3d11.dll but it works! You have to do that on Steam Deck too even though that is already using DXVK within Proton...

Instructions:

• DXVK
  • get the latest version of DXVK: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
  • copy the x64 files into the MGSV folder
  • rename d3d11.dll to d3d11_dxvk.dll
• Geo-11
  • get Geo-11: https://bo3b.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/geo-11_v0.6.196.zip
  • copy all files in x64 into the MGSV folder
• Fix
  • now get DarkStarSword's fix for MGSV: https://helixmod.blogspot.com/2016/01/metal-gear-solid-v-phantom-pain.html
  • copy d3dx.ini and the ShaderFixes folder into the MGSV folder
  • open d3dx.ini:
    • under [System] uncomment and set proxy_d3d11=d3d11_dxvk.dll
    • delete/comment out the line with hook=recommended skip_dxgi_factory skip_dxgi_device
    • under [Device] set force_stereo=2
    • delete everything below line 930 (the one saying [Resource3DVision2SBSBackupTexture])

The recording was made on the Steam Deck because on Windows with AMD the game crashed at some point. Maybe someone can share their experience with Nvidia. Have fun!

The first displayed image is one from a stereoscopic pair published by stubeans a few hours before this post..

The second image is a side-by-side stereo pair derived from the single image by using the 3D_SBS python tool in a ComfyUI workflow (all the software open-source and freely available for use offline).

The point of this exercise is to demonstrate that an ordinary 2D photograph of a 3D scene contains the necessary information for the brain to construct a 3D view. The ocular cortex of the brain is given the necessary prompting by the results of an image depth/perspective analysis being separated into the necessary two images.

There will be subtle differences between viewing the true stereo pair and the ersatz pair. In this instance they seem to be absent or minor. Sometimes, calculations leading to a constructed stereo pair go a little astray and anomalies will be visible when the combined image is perused in the brain.

The construction algorithm has several parameters enabling tweaking the result to alter the impressions of depth and focus.

Whilst dual lens recording equipment can give optimum results, the enhancement of images taken using lesser apparatus should not be gainsaid. Moreover, 2D pictures of scenes made by artists take on new interest when rendered into 3D; arguably they more closely represent what the artist had in mind, but could not fully realise because of the nature of the medium. Enhancements of this nature don't replace the original constructions, yet they might attune the minds of the artists and the viewers of their works more closely.

I intend to present examples of paintings and drawings revisited in monoscopic-stereoscopy.