APX Stereo 3-D Graphics Package - 1982 APX-20087

Description: The Atari Program Exchange (APX) was an interesting experiment in the early 1980s. Everyone who purchased an Atari 400 or 800 computer received a subscription to the APX catalog of "user-written" software, programs written by other people who had purchased Atari computers. STEREO 3-D GRAPHICS PACKAGE can introduce you to the world of real 3-D. These programs generate stereograms that let you learn to see a wire-frame stereo model in true three dimensions. Using a simplified approach to the conventional Cartesian coordinate system, you build your model around the center of the "universe" — your TV screen. You then imag- ine you're in a balloon or aircraft looking down toward the ground and are free to move anywhere you want in the uni- verse. You define your viewing position with the appropriate X, Y, and Z coordinates and the program automatically calcu- lates the parameters to place the center of the universe in the center of your TV screen. You can view objects from any- where — above, below, behind, and even inside. You can vary the field of view from 2 to 179 degrees, similar to the range from telephoto to normal to wide-angle viewing. Most of the stereogram drawing is in the ATARI Computer's high-resolution graphics mode. However, the program also draws a red and green stereopair in medium-resolution graphics mode so users not owning a stereoscope and not being able to direct stereoview can use inexpensive ana- glyphic (red and green) glasses to learn direct on-screen stereoviewing. Disk runs well, manual included, but has no staples. No stock images, all pictures are originals of the product.

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Location: Aurora, Colorado

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