STEREOSCOPY

Presented by : Rajan Tiwari

Roll No.: 07
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY(FIRST SEMESTER)
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
 INTRODUCTION
• Stereoscopy is the science of producing three-dimensional
(3D) visual models using two-dimensional (2D) image.
• It uses the binocular vision to achieve 3-dimensional effects.
• Enables to view an object from 2 different camera positions
to obtain a 3-dimensional view.
• Stereo views can only be seen in the overlapping portions of
the photos.
 STEREOSCOPE
• A stereoscope is a device for viewing a
stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting
left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as
a single three-dimensional image.

Types of Stereoscopes
• Lens (pocket) stereoscope
• Mirror stereoscope
Lens (Pocket) Stereoscope
• A lens stereoscope consists
of two single lenses of
focal length 250 mm
mounted on a frame.
• The magnifying power of
the lenses is 2.
• It consists of folding
lenses.
• It is cheap and portable.
Mirror Stereoscope

• Photos can be placed

separately for viewing.
• Usually large enough to easily
view 23 cm photos.
• Mirrors are inclined at 45° to
the plane of the photographs
with their reflecting surfaces
facing each other.
• The mirrors reflect the rays
from the photograph to the
prisms which in turn reflect
them to the two convex lenses
fitted at the top of the
instrument.
Advantages of Stereoscopy
• The advantage of stereoscopic viewing above
monoscopic viewing (looking at a single image) is that
image interpretation is easier because we see the
three-dimensional form of objects.
• Stereoscopy has been the basis for 3D measuring by
photogrammetry.
Applications of Stereoscopy
• The first practical application that was found for the
stereoscope was in the field of education.
• It is used to understand the means of third-dimensional
views:

to demonstrate figures in solid geometry,

diagrams of light rays in optics,

models of the structure of crystals in crystallography,

models of parts of the human body in anatomy.
• Stereoscopy is also applicable in Astronomy.
Applications of Stereoscopy
• Another application discovered in the last century, by Dr. J. Mackenzie
Davidson of London, was the use of stereoscopy in X-ray work, for
locating defects or foreign bodies inside solid objects.
• It is possible to locate interior faults in timber and plywood, blow-
holes or slag inclusions in welded joints and hair-cracks in steel and
iron castings in industries.
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