stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> This afternoon I discovered a way to make stereograms in POV-Ray. A
> gray-scale depth image is used for input, and any gray-scale pigment can
> be used for the repetitive pattern. Colors are added at the
> implementation, near the bottom of the file.
>
> I find it best to view the image at a distance of about three feet from
> the monitor.
>
> This image took 2 minutes, 14 seconds to render. Some take longer, some
> take less time. The render time for the gray-scale depth image was a
> negligible one.
>
> Questions and comments, always welcome~
>
> Sam

Nice! A snowman! I remember making random-dot stereograms back in highschool by
writing pascal programs. This was back when these things were the biggest fad
(mid-'90s). I really wasn't able to make more than a combination of geometric
shapes.

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