The Dichopter®

3D Photo Viewing in Your Pocket

The Dichopter® is a new take on a timeless delight: the ability to shoot and enjoy 3D photos. It can be used on a smartphone to view pairs of images displayed in parallel side-by-side (SBS) format. The best part?

You can make your own 3D pairs using the simple stereo "cha-cha" technique with apps like "I3 DSteroid". Existing stereo pairs can also be taken from the Web. But the power of capturing life-like images from your phone means birthdays, concerts, and trips can now be shared like never before.

How does it work? The Dichopter® consists of two 100 mm focal length plano-convex lenses mounted in a foldable frame. It directs the left image to the left eye and the right image to the right eye. The word "Dichopter®" was created to distinguish this device from binoculars, synopters, stereoscopes, pseudoscopes and other single-purpose, two-eyed viewing devices.

The Viewer performs more like a standard Stereoscope and not like an immersive device. Therefore it is far enough away from your smart phone as to not distinguish individual pixels, making for a more enjoyable viewing experience.

Specifications as reported by our users

FL 100mm

Lens separation at center 65mm

Display width is around 125mm depending on viewer geometry...  If viewing is difficult on large phone we recommend using 3Dsteroid on Android devices or I3Dsteroid on Apple (IOS) devices.