Why stereoscopic websites?
The evolution of the World Wide Web in its first decade saw the emphasis of online content creators move from the largely text based offerings of the early 1990s to the visually rich, and image reliant websites that we see today. With the marked increase in the capabilities of personal computers, coupled with the recent rapid adoption of broadband by Internet users in developed countries, web designers have increasingly utilised still and moving images to complement text based content and allow their users to interact with their sites in new ways. However it is the advances in autostereoscopic LCD display technology, enabling users perceive a 3D image without the need for glasses, that present web developers with a potentially radical new arena in which to engage with their users. At this juncture the question arises; would enough people are really interested in the technology to make a ‘stereoscopic web’ a reality? Indeed it is notable that despite many companies devoting resources to
