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How do 3D glasses work?

How do 3D glasses work?

Update: 2024-12-12
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3D glasses. Those little paper spectacles with one red lens and one blue. Put ’em on, and suddenly, POW! Images seem to leap right off the screen! Do these glasses play magical mind tricks on our brain? Do they give our eyeballs multi-dimensional superpowers? For a lens into how it all works, we talked to UW-Madison physicist Pupa Gilbert.


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How do 3D glasses work?

How do 3D glasses work?

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