Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of hardware

Timestamp:

Oct 19, 2018, 11:04:43 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

goddard

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 But, to use it, you need to carefully pick your graphics card and display.  Often, the displays are coupled with active 3D glasses, ''i.e.'', glasses were the left and right eyes alternately turn off and on synchronously with the display, like many 3D TVs, or displays that work with NVIDIA's [http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_Main.html 3D Vision] glasses.
 
+== Working Hardware ==
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+In 2018 the two systems we use with Chimera sequential stereo rendering:
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+- Microsoft Windows 10 with an Nvidia Quadro P6000 on a Christie Mirage S4K projector and Nvidia driver 391.58 (May 2018).
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+- Microsoft Windows 7 with an NVidia Quadro FX 3700 and nVidia 3D Vision glasses and emitter and ASUS or Samsung stereo monitors.
+
+== Debugging Stereo with Quadro P6000 graphcis ==
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+The Quadro P6000 does not have a 3-pin DIN connector for the IR signal and requires a face-plate purchased separately that has the 3-pin DIN coonnector and plugs into the P6000.
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+The Quadro P6000 with stereo display on the projector and a second display which is a non-stereo flat-panel requires specific settings to work.  In Nvidia Control Panel under Manage 3D the Stereo Enabled setting must be on, and the Stereo Type setting must be 3-pin DIN for our IR emitter.
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+Another critical setting is whether Windows considers the projector or the flat-panel the primary display, an option in Windows Display Settings.  For several months it worked only if the projector was the primary display.  After moving the machine stereo stopped working and we fixed it by making the flat panel the primary display.  We do not know what changed -- perhaps it is important which of the P6000 video outputs is used.  The current configuration has the projector using DVI output, and flat-panel using the first (closest to motherboard) Display Port output.  The symptom when it is not working is either that 1) only the left eye image is rendered, or 2) both left and right eyes are rendered by there is no IR signal.
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+== Tests on Older Hardware ==
+
 Chimera supports stereo viewing using an OpenGL feature called quad-buffer stereo (also known as "stereo in a window"), which is traditionally supported only by workstation-class graphics cards.  We have successfully displayed Chimera in stereo using a variety of equipment, such as:
 
-- an Apple !MacPro (circa 2010) running Mac OS X 10.8 with an Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 graphics card displaying on a Christie projector,
-- a Microsoft Windows 7 PC or Ubuntu 15.04 with an AMD !FirePro W7000 on a Christie projector,
-- a Microsoft Windows 7 PC with an NVidia Quadro FX 3700 and nVidia 3D Vision glasses and emitter and ASUS or Samsung stereo monitors.
+- Microsoft Windows 10 with an Nvidia Quadro P6000 on a Christie Mirage S4K projector
+- Apple !MacPro (circa 2010) running Mac OS X 10.8 with an Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 graphics card displaying on a Christie projector,
+- Microsoft Windows 7 or Ubuntu 15.04 with an AMD !FirePro W7000 on a Christie projector,
+- Microsoft Windows 7 with an NVidia Quadro FX 3700 and nVidia 3D Vision glasses and emitter and ASUS or Samsung stereo monitors.
 
 In the past few years, options for stereo viewing have changed. Unfortunately, Apple has chosen not to support stereo.  '''As of Mac OS X 10.11, there appears to be no stereo support in the Apple graphics driver.'''  The Quadro FX 5600 graphics card that works with older Mac OS versions is reported not to work with Mac OS X 10.11.