whatthecj

whatthecj, 12 hours ago

Out of the corner of my eye, I spot a stereoscope! It’s slightly different from the one in the timeline wall, with a metal frame, but nonetheless I was intrigued

It was only $99 so I immediately scooped it up

whatthecj, 12 hours ago

The device that basically started the entire concept of 3D images with depth, a relic from before our digital revolution

The opposite end of the stereoscope, the metal frame that you look through.
A side profile of the device with a card inserted. The card is of a rock formation from Pike’s Peak in Colorado.
Holding up the device from the wooden handle, through the lenses a distorted image of the rock formation.

whatthecj, 12 hours ago

Side by side to a modern sibling, the Apple Vision Pro

I find the curvature of the portion that you put up to your face to be fascinating

Inscribed into one side of the stereoscope is a patent date of June 14, 1881

Not particularly sure when this specific stereoscope was manufactured, but I’d guess anywhere between 1881 and the very early 1900s

Certainly this has become the oldest, and most fascinating, piece of technology I own 😎

Looking at the backside of each device side by side, both are strikingly similar in their curvature. The dual lenses for each eye are different, with Vision Pro being oval and the stereoscope being square
Etched into the hinge of the holding mechanism is a patent date of June 14, 1881

whatthecj, 12 hours ago

https://scalar.chapman.edu/scalar/this-land-is-your-land/stereoscopes

https://futuraphoto.com/blog/the-history-of-stereoscopic-photography/