From: Paul Sargent <Paul.Sargent@3dlabs.com>
  To  : 'ggi-develop@eskimo.com' <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
  Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:12:39 +0100

RE: Stereo Graphics Support

I just want to say that the Permedia Chips already have the hardware
side done, so the technology is here now.

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Steven Johnson [SMTP:sbjohnson@ozemail.com.au]
>Sent:	Tuesday, August 04, 1998 12:19 PM
>To:	ggi-develop@eskimo.com
>Subject:	Stereo Graphics Support
>
>Im not sure if its been mentioned or discussed before but:
>
>I Think any new video interface system should have support for
>stereoscopic viewing. Either with LCD Shutter Glasses or Head Mounted
>Displays. Windows has no standard way of doing this, and given the
>architecture of the windows drivers it is very difficult to "tack it
>on".
>
>Basically all that is needed is the ability to support several special
>"tweaked" video modes, and a mechanism for having frame synch control.
>(To toggle the eye/frame for LCD Shutter Glasses.) Also some new cards
>have support for this in hardware so it makes sense for the video
>drivers to expose this functionality in a standard way.
>
>What do other people think.
>
>3d Games are way cool with LCD Shutter glasses and the biggest thing
>holding back this technology is a standard programming interface.
>
>Steven Johnson.
>