WHOA!

I received a package last week containing something completely unexpected and right up my alley: a stereoscope. In case you've never heard of a stereoscope as I hadn't before last week, Wikipedia is here to help: "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."

Basically, the stereoscope uses a very cool optical trick to create a 3D image from two separate 2D images. SCIENCE! As a bonus, the stereoscope I received came with a collection of vintage stereoscope cards depicting a variety of neat places and things from around the world.

I was already quite enjoying the stereoscope when another box arrived containing a 3d stereo camera. WHAT! Now I can take my own 3d stereoscope images? Look out world, I'm about to unleash a torrent of steroscopic robot pictures upon you.

Thank you very much Trixolina, this is crazy awesome, incredibly generous and much appreciated. I'm looking forward to sharing the experience of stereoscoping with everyone I can!