Paul Bourke’s iPod-Photo Stereoscope is an exquisite retro tech/new media mash-up:
For those wondering what “stereoscopic” is all about, viewing stereoscopic images give an enhanced depth perception. This is similar to the depth perception we get in real life, the same effect IMAX 3D and many computer games now provide. Stereoscopic viewing of any sort involves independent presentation of a different image, called a stereopair, to each eye. These stereopairs are essentially two different views of the world corresponding to the slightly different views our eyes see because they are separated horizontally…. Images can be downloaded to the IPOD-Photo, the images can subsequently be recalled and presented on the colour display. A series of images can also be presented manually or as a self running slide show with some user selected delay between each image. So to use this as a stereoscopic storage and presentation device one simply labels two IPOD-Photos as “left” and “right”, the images corresponding to each eye are installed on the appropriate IPOD-Photo.
Link (via Leander Kahney’s The Cult of Mac)