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From: Joe Zhou (jzhou_at_deltasearchlabs.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 12:55:31 CST

John,

It seems that is the only way to do it with VMD now. I have not
run any other software on my system yet, however my program
with VRJuggler runs fine on it.

Thanks a lot,

Joe Zhou

At 02:50 PM 3/3/2004 -0600, John Stone wrote:

>Joe,
> In that case, you're only alternative is to use one of the
>Side-by-Side modes in VMD by making the graphics window take
>the full screen, spanned across both projectors. Make sense?
>I suspect you'd run into these same issues getting any stereo
>software to work, have you run any other software on your
>system yet?
>
>Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
>On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:47:53PM -0500, Joe Zhou wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > In fact, I do not have a NVidia graphics card, I have a Matrox
> > Millennium P750 card. So I would like to use a CAVE- or
> > FreeVR-enabled version of VMD. However, at the download
> > web site, it only shows
> >
> > IRIX6 OpenGL (SGI IRIX 6.5 using hardware OpenGL + CAVE)
> >
> > is CAVE-enabled. Are there a Linux version CAVE-enabled VMD
> > available now?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > Joe Zhou
> >
> > At 12:48 PM 3/2/2004 -0600, John Stone wrote:
> >
> > >Joe,
> > > VMD only provides a single OpenGL graphics window. In order to
> > >use passive stereo, your hardware will have to have support for this
> > >feature, or you'll have to use a CAVE- or FreeVR-enabled version of
> > >VMD to do this. I believe the NVidia graphics boards support what they
> > >call "clone mode" stereo which should provide that feature. Another
> > >option, which is a bit of a hack, is to make the VMD graphics window
> > >full-screen and use the side-by-side stereo option, in which case you'll
> > >probably want to direct the GUI to a different display (see the
> VMDGDISPLAY
> > >environment variable discussed in the User's guide....)
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > >On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 01:28:17PM -0500, Joe Zhou wrote:
> > >> Hi John,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your prompt reply. However it still does not work.
> > >> I set the VMDPREFERSTEREO option, started VMD, and used the
> > >> Display->Stereo->Crystaleyes option, but the left-eye image and
> > >> right-eye image are still in the same vmd window. I think what I need is
> > >> two separate windows, one shows left-eye image, the other shows
> > >> the right-eye image, then I can use two projectors(with polarized
> filter)
> > >> to project those two images into one screen to get a passive 3D
> > >> stereo image.
> > >> Is it possible to configure VMD to do it?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks a lot,
> > >>
> > >> Joe Zhou
> > >>
> > >> At 06:54 PM 3/1/2004 -0600, John Stone wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >Oh,
> > >> > I forgot to mention, use the Display->Stereo->Crystaleyes option as
> > >well,
> > >> >once you're sure that you've set the VMDPREFERSTEREO option.
> > >> >
> > >> > John Stone
> > >> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >> >
> > >> >On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 05:18:06PM -0500, Joe Zhou wrote:
> > >> >> Hi,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I have a linux machine (Linux version 2.4.20-8) with a dual video
> > >output
> > >> >> graphic
> > >> >> card. I would like to run VMD 1.8.2 to show passive stereo 3D models
> > >on
> > >> >one
> > >> >> screen
> > >> >> with two projectors. Each channel supports one projector for each
> eye.
> > >> >How
> > >> >> can I
> > >> >> configure VMD to show the left-eye image and right-eye image in
> > >different
> > >> >> channels?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thanks a lot,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Joe Zhou
> > >> >>
> > >> >
> > >> >--
> > >> >NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > >> >Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >> >University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > >> >Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
> > >> > WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078