How 3D Works: A Simple Picture Guide

To most of you this is nothing new, but when you wind up explaining it to friends and family, maybe this new infographic from Gizmodo will help.

It covers Anaglyphic (Red/Blue), Polarized, and Parallax Barrier technologies (commonly known as glasses-free).

Full graphic after the break.

How 3D Works: A Simple Picture Guide – How 3d works – Gizmodo.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .