Thank you all for the quick replies. I did leave out some specs, but I
really wanted to know what others have found. Sadly, it's no different
than my findings. I am at a small undergrad only university - low on
resources but big on ideas for teaching students. This is not research
based, so I don't have a grant to buy one system for research (I do
solve structures and I can buy one system, but I need more for a
class). Instead, I'm trying to teach a class - we have 6 workstations
that are shared among the students. We solve a crystal structure as
part of this class. Stereo is nice but not necessary - though as a
teaching tool it's invaluable.
Switching to the nvidia system works - we have that here for one
classroom - the problem being active stereo is a nuisance. It can
flicker - looking away can cause problems (with a larger classroom), and
it's just not the way to go (the glasses are expensive, I can go on and
on).
I think passive stereo is the beat all end all - but I can't buy a
zalman monitor to save my life (I have literally had 3 of these in
shopping carts - and one went as far as to charge my card only to refund
me 3 days later due to lack of stock). That does make me worry as to
replacing it later in life should I get 6 and they crap out on me.
When I was at Argonne, they have a polarizing filter that fits on the
front of a monitor. You can turn it on and see stereo through that, I
think it's basically a Zalman filter. Does that sound right - and if so
- is that something somebody out there has?
Thanks again - your help is invaluable. By the way - if I ever do
replace this, is anybody in the market for some old emitters, video
cards, and glasses (I have 14 pair of the 3D glasses - crystal eyes
knock-offs, sorry the company escapes me at the moment, but they are
good glasses).
Dave
On 10/5/2010 12:25 PM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
>
>> I would like to replace the CRT's with some sort of LCD thing.
>>
> You have two options for stereo on linux. The Zalman passive stereo route,
> which you tried, or the active stereo route, which means an Nvidia 3d
> Vision emitter/glasses combo and a 120 Hz LCD.
>
> The glasses/emitter kit is here:
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_GeForce_3D_VisionKit_us.html
>
> And you need an Nvidia Quadro FX 3700 or higher to run them on linux:
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_pro_graphics_boards_linux.html
>
> There are several 120 Hz LCDs available right now. Some links to models
> and additional info on set up are on our website:
>
> http://sbgrid.org/wiki/install/stereo
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> -ben
>
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