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williampietri@sfba.social ("William Pietri") wrote:

In honor of Meta's latest announcement, a thread on 175 years of 3D failure.

Let's first go all the way back to 1851 with the Brewster Stereoscope. No less a person than Queen Victoria was impressed, kicking off a fad that quickly sold over 250,000 units. Turns out it was not the future of photography.

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A photo of the (Olliver Wendell) Holmes stereoscope with card, a simpler and more economical model inspired by the Brewster stereoscope