Revisiting Analog Stereoscopic Film

Information

• Publication Type: Conference Paper
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Unstable Bodies
• Date: May 2025
• ISBN: 978-3-03868-271-4
• Publisher: The Eurographics Association
• Open Access: yes
• Location: London
• Lecturer: Christian Freude
• Event: The 9th ACM/EG Expressive Symposium Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and Editing
• DOI: 10.2312/exw.20251061
• Booktitle: EPRESSIVE+WICED 2025 : The 9th ACM/EG Expressive Symposium : Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and Editing
• Article Number: N/A
• Pages: 3
• Conference date: 11. May 2025 – 12. May 2025
• Keywords: Media arts, Animation, Rendering, Visualization systems and tools, Displays and imagers

Abstract

We present approaches for the simulation of an analog autostereoscopic (glasses-free) display and the visualization of analog color film at micro scales. These techniques were developed during an artistic research project and the creation of an accompanying art installation, which exhibits an analog stereo short film projected on a re-creation of a cyclostéréoscope, a historic device developed around 1952. We describe how computer graphics helped to understand the cyclostéréoscope, supported its physical re-creation, and enabled the visualization of the projection and material structure of analog film using physically based Monte Carlo light simulation.

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• Entry in reposiTUm (TU Wien Publication Database)
• DOI: 10.2312/exw.20251061

BibTeX

@inproceedings{freude-2025-ras,
  title =      "Revisiting Analog Stereoscopic Film",
  author =     "Christian Freude and C. Jauernik and J. Lurf and R. Suppin
               and Michael Wimmer",
  year =       "2025",
  abstract =   "We present approaches for the simulation of an analog
               autostereoscopic (glasses-free) display and the
               visualization of analog color film at micro scales. These
               techniques were developed during an artistic research
               project and the creation of an accompanying art
               installation, which exhibits an analog stereo short film
               projected on a re-creation of a cyclost\'{e}r\'{e}oscope, a
               historic device developed around 1952. We describe how
               computer graphics helped to understand the
               cyclost\'{e}r\'{e}oscope, supported its physical
               re-creation, and enabled the visualization of the projection
               and material structure of analog film using physically based
               Monte Carlo light simulation.",
  month =      may,
  isbn =       "978-3-03868-271-4",
  publisher =  "The Eurographics Association",
  location =   "London",
  event =      "The 9th ACM/EG Expressive Symposium Eurographics Workshop on
               Intelligent Cinematography and Editing",
  doi =        "10.2312/exw.20251061",
  booktitle =  "EPRESSIVE+WICED 2025 : The 9th ACM/EG Expressive Symposium :
               Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and
               Editing",
  articleno =  "N/A",
  pages =      "3",
  keywords =   "Media arts, Animation, Rendering, Visualization systems and
               tools, Displays and imagers",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2025/freude-2025-ras/",
}