Tag: Stereoscopy

A chance purchase in 2019 of a photographic album of Lincolnshire, and the research that followed, lead me to rediscover the tragically short life of Thomas Comer, the first fallen hero of the Boston Artillery. I am sharing Thomas’ story in photographs on Armistice Day as a tribute to the young man, 110 years after […]

The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Visual Arts Group are holding a day of presentations at their Rollright meeting with the afternoon session, given by the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy curators Denis Pellerin and Rebecca Sharpe, on ‘Visual Arts in the Stereoscope: An Overview’. Some of the information from the RPS website: We have two […]

Today, 19th October 2025, marks the 150th anniversary of the death of British polymath Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875). As The Stereoscopy Blog, we are obviously indebted to him for his invention of the stereoscope to demonstrate his theory of binocular vision, but it was just one aspect of his incredible research and inventions in numerous […]

It’s been a little while since I last wrote an article for this blog but I thought I would take advantage of the 150th anniversary of the death of Sir Charles Wheatstone, the inventor of the Stereoscope, to make up for lost time and write a longish piece about a rather special and rarely-mentioned use […]

From the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy: ‘If your “Trick or Treat” days are over but you still want to celebrate Halloween, why don’t you join photo historians Rebecca Sharpe and Denis Pellerin on Friday 31st of October at 6.00 p.m. GMT for a 3-D talk about witches, ghosts, skeletons and little devils, with a […]

I thought to commemorate Sir Charles Wheatstone on the 150th anniversary of his death I’d share a stereoscopic calotype negative I recently made, with a heck of a lot of help, at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Charles Wheatstone commissioned the first photographs for his invention the stereoscope in 1840. In December that year, he wrote to […]

To commemorate Sir Charles Wheatstone on the 150th anniversary of his death, I thought I’d share a post to try and bring a sledgehammer to some of the perpetual myths of stereoscopy. Many of the myths about the first thirty years of stereoscopy were said to have been laid to rest with the publication Stereoscopy: […]

I thought to honour the father of virtual reality, Sir Charles Wheatstone, on the 150th anniversary of his death, I’d share a post about how to view almost any stereoscopic image in a Meta Quest VR headset, using an app I’ve been enjoying for the past year, and am really impressed with, ImmerGallery. I thought […]

By VICTOR LEVY I embarked on a journey for which nothing had prepared me. For sixty years, I had lived with only a partial perception of the world. Being amblyopic, I don’t perceive depth in 3D. Our understanding of amblyopia is largely shaped by the work of two researchers in the 1970s, David Hubel and […]

Come and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of Napoleon III through the lenses of a Stereoscope! This in-person event will take you on a journey back in time to explore the life and times of this iconic historical figure. Join us at BR7 5HJ for an unforgettable experience filled with history, nostalgia, and insight […]