WHAT ARE SHIMMYGLYPHS?
Anaglyphs are familiar from retro 3D stills, but unlike 3D images, the red and blue images in my shimmyglyphs are derived from two halves of a single 2D still photo. They will not look 3D. They will never resolve into a single stable image. Viewing them with the 3D glasses, each eye sees a very different image. This creates a liquid moving surface as your brain tries to resolve them into a single image that makes sense. Which it can't.
The photo is cut in half, either vertically or horizontally, and the two parts are made into a single anaglyph image. The result can be viewed and understood as is, and they are designed to be aesthetically pleasing and communicate their idea without 3D glasses.
This shows how a shimmyglyph is constructed. For best viewing of the effect, scroll to the big image below.
However, red/blue or red/green 3d glasses provide an additional viewing experience. Through the filters, each eye sees a different image and, well, your brain just cannot make sense of it all. Closing an eye shuts out half of the information, providing a more settled interpretation, albeit an incomplete one. The image elements seems to "shimmy" into and out of view, replacing or blending with other elements from the other half of the photo, popping in and out or emerging and disappearing in waves.
The viewer experience is unsettled and unsettling, as if one is on shaky ground or maybe even a little bit crazy. Areas of the image shimmy, appear and disappear. Areas which are not intended to be 3D may appear so. If any areas are designed to be real 3d, they pop out and seem frozen in the midst of the shifting elements. Your eyes and brain make an honest attempt to make sense of the two sets of information provided, and have to eventually look away in discomfort and/or exhaustion.
The viewer experience is unsettled and unsettling, as if one is on shaky ground or maybe even a little bit crazy. Areas of the image shimmy, appear and disappear. Areas which are not intended to be 3D may appear so. If any areas are designed to be real 3d, they pop out and seem frozen in the midst of the shifting elements. Your eyes and brain make an honest attempt to make sense of the two sets of information provided, and have to eventually look away in discomfort and/or exhaustion.
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Image elements emerge and disappear in pops and waves. The image colors are muted with the glasses and look more like a monochrome.
Some images address climate change. Some incorporate more color. Most are, literally, the two halves of the same image split by the red and blue. Some images do not seem to have much direct relevance to politics, but the effect can make even a simple subject disturbing (as with petty bi-polar exclamations and flaming on social media). I am still experimenting and clarifying the direction(s).
Note that the same core images can be prepared in different ways for different viewing method, just like any image using 3D techniques. Color filter 3D glasses, stereo cards, a VR viewer, ViewMaster, ChromaDepth, ...
Note that the same core images can be prepared in different ways for different viewing method, just like any image using 3D techniques. Color filter 3D glasses, stereo cards, a VR viewer, ViewMaster, ChromaDepth, ...
This one is a "colored anaglyph" treatment, so the green from the trees comes through too.
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