[Open-graphics] Suggesting a feature to support another nichec market ... stereoscopic LCDs

[Timothy Normand Miller]

On 8/8/07, Hugh Fisher <hugh.fisher at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> > Transforming from separate components (as required by conventional stereo
> > systems and generated from the 3D rasterisation) to an intensity+filter angle
> > (required by the iZ3D screen) isn't conceptually hard. It's basically the
> > same as converting a complex number from cartesian to polar form.
>
> Conceptually simple, yes. Suitable for implementation in fixed function
> logic within the open graphics card, no. (Although maybe the composite
> function could be included, as that's just byte adds and shifts.)

Is the number space too big to make use of lookup tables for some of
the work?  We're working with limited-range integers.

-- 
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project