{"id":554,"date":"2016-12-01T01:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T01:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2016-12-01T01:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T01:22:37","slug":"how-we-view-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/?p=554","title":{"rendered":"How we view pictures…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just this week, I introduced a student of mine to older means of viewing pictures. After class, I saw a web post that commented on how kids (since the beginning of the 20th century) are always looking for the latest technology among their Christmas presents. Considering this, I did a little digging – and was surprised at how much (and how little) the technology has changed!<\/p>\n

Exhibit A: stereoscope slides, from the early 20th century (pre-World War I):<\/p>\n

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I first saw images made of this technology through a 90s IMAX movie called “Across the Sea of Time;” it’s amazing what high-quality clarity the pictures have, considering how much simpler the technology was \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Exhibit B: Viewmaster slides, from the 1970s\/80s:<\/p>\n

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I grew up using such a viewer; it was great fun to see stories play out before my eyes like a silent movie in stages.<\/p>\n

Finally, Exhibit C: the Virtual Reality Theater headset, present day:<\/p>\n

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These are tangible proof that Solomon’s axiom is true: “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just this week, I introduced a student of mine to older means of viewing pictures. After class, I saw a web post that commented on how kids (since the beginning of the 20th century) are always looking for the latest technology among their Christmas presents. Considering this, I did a little digging – and was … Continue reading How we view pictures…<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5w0VP-8W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgaul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}