KMQ viewer
KMQ viewer are glasses for viewing a stereoscopic over/under format. KMQ was invented in the 1980s by a team of three physicists. KMQ stands for the inventors' initials: Koschnitzke, Mehnert, Quick.{{cite web| url=http://www.acronymfinder.com/Koschnitzke,-Mehnert,-Quick-%28stereoscopic-viewing-device%3B-inventors%27-initials%29-%28KMQ%29.html | work=| title=KMQ - acronymfinder.com | first= | last= | date=June 8, 2012}} A recent usage of this technique is the openKMQ project.{{cite web| url=https://github.com/PixelPartner/openKMQ | work=| title=openKMQ | first= | last= | date=March 18, 2013}}
Principle
An image pair is placed one above one another. The prismatic viewer tilts the right eyesight slightly up and the left eyesight slightly down.
Stereoscopic viewing is achieved at a matching distance to the glasses. When placing the right view on top of a (letter/A4 size) paper and the left view below, viewing from arm length distance (ca. 50 cm) creates a stereo experience. Bigger over/under stereo image pairs on either paper or a monitor can be viewed from a proportional greater distance. In general, the prisms achieve a 19° viewing angle.
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External links
- [https://github.com/PixelPartner/openKMQ Open Hardware/Software project for the KMQ prismatic stereo viewer]