Saturday, April 16, 2011

Stereo Royal Group Viewer

This stereo group viewer was made by a company named Stereocraft, established at 296 Pearl St. in New York City. It's basically a 3-D stereo projector with its own little screen. You need the Polaroid polarized glasses in order to view the stereo effect. I got it quite some time ago at a camera show. Had never seen one before and haven't seen one since (not saying it's rare though).

stereo royal group viewer


stereo royal group viewer


stereo royal group viewer


stereo royal group viewer


stereo royal group viewer


From left to right, you can see:
- the light bulb housing;
- the slide carriage;
- the power switch at the top, the lens housing in the middle (interocular adjustment is possible by moving the right lens), and the focusing lever at the bottom;
- a pair of polarized glasses;
- two slide compartments (one at the top and one at the bottom) and the power cord;
- the mirror that projects the stereo image back onto the viewing screen.
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3 comments:

  1. DDDavidFebruary 15, 2018 at 3:27 PM

    We have one. Yours is the only other one I've seen with vertical and horizontal adjustments on the lens panel. I've seen several others that do not have this feature

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  2. AnonymousAugust 1, 2018 at 11:44 AM

    Hi,

    Any idea how the viewing screen works? Preserving polarisation is a bit of an art and I'm interested in rear-projecting 3D onto a large screen. Thanks,

    Chris in Montreal

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  3. TallmanxixfourAugust 1, 2018 at 11:48 AM

    Hi,

    Any idea how the Screen Works? It seems that rear projection 3D is kind of difficult and they seem to have found a solution here. Preserving the polarisation vertically and horizontally simultaneously sounds like magic.
    Chris

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