Editing Stereo 3D Display Options (section)

== Passive Stereo 3D Displays == 

=== One Piece Multi-layer LCD Displays ===

Affordable!

==== Zalman ====
'''iZ3D, the original supplier of Zalman display drivers has ceased operation and support as of 31 July 2012. DO NOT PURCHASE THESE MONITORS WITHOUT FURTHER CONFIRMATION of display support, the iZ3D support (required drivers, etc) is not activatable. If you do have further information, please post it here.''' [[User:Jedgold|Jedgold]] 12:21, 12 September 2012 (CDT)

* [http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_read.asp?Idx=219 Zalman 22-inch 3D LCD monitor] - works with PyMOL 1.2b3 & later without any special drivers.  Great stereo quality provided that all drawn lines are at least 2 pixels thick.  Menus are a bit awkward to use while in stereo mode, but even so, this 650 USD display provides excellent 3D molecular visualization in both full-screen in windowed modes.  - WLD  ('''The Zalman ZM-M220W is DeLano Scientific's RECOMMENDED SOLUTION as of Feb 11, 2009!''').
* [http://www.zalman.co.kr/Eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=391 Zalman 24-inch 3D LCD monitor] - also works with PyMOL 1.2b3 & later under LINUX (Centos 5 x86_64 plain kernel + NVidia driver from ELRepo). I'm using an NVidia Quadro FX 580 (G96GL) graphics card (£125).  Monitor cost around £350. PyMOL automagically detects that quad buffered stereo is available on startup.--[[User:Bosmith|Bosmith]] 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

==== LG ====
* [http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/monitors/LG-led-monitor-D2342P-PN.jsp LG D2342P-PN]
* [http://www.lg.com/uk/support-product/lg-DM2752D-PZ LG DM2752D] This (and other LG passive 3D monitors/TVs) work with PyMOL. I'm driving them using NVidia Quadro 600 graphics cards under LINUX (CentOSes 5, 6 & 7) with the NVidia driver from ELRepo.
===== On Linux =====
* setup by editing the xorg.conf file:

in the Device section of xorg.conf add:

    Option "Stereo" "7"

in the Screen section of xorg.conf and an additional:

    Section "Extensions"
        Option         "Composite" "Disable"
    EndSection

N.B. the current Gnome 3 (gnome-shell) in RHEL 7 derivatives (Scientific, CentOS, etc.) is a compositing window manager and is not properly stereo aware, so you will need to use a different window manager. See e.g. [https://sbgrid.org/wiki/stereo] for an alternative.

* launch using:
    pymol -S -t 6

===== On Windows =====
# From the Start Menu: In the "PyMOL" folder, go into the "Stereo 3D Launch" subfolder, and select "PyMOL Zalman 3D (By Row)". You might want to control-drag a copy of that shortcut on to your desktop in order to drag & drop content files onto it for stereo 3D visualization
# From the Command Line:

    "C:\Program Files\DeLano Scientific\PyMOL\PyMOLWin.exe" -S -t 6

===== On Mac =====
# MacPyMOL: Copy and rename the "MacPyMOL" application bundle to "MacPyMOLZalman". You can then double-click on the MacPyMOLZalman icon or drop data files directly onto it to visualize content in the Zalman stereo 3D mode.
# PyMOL X11 Hybrid Mode: Copy and rename the "MacPyMOL" appplication bundle to "PyMOLX11Zalman". After launching X11, you can then double-click on the PyMOLX11Zalman icon or drop data files directly onto it to visualize that content in the Zalman stereo 3D mode.

''For all platforms, remember to toggle stereo on and off using the "set stereo" command:''
    set stereo, on

==== iZ3D ====
* [http://www.iz3d.com IZ3D] - works with PyMOL 1.2b3 & later without any special drivers.  However, this display exhibits far too much cross-talk and interference between the two stereo images.  Not suitable for professional use.  - WLD

* IZ3D is closed as of 31 July 2012, and will not offer support to their products. [[User:Jedgold|Jedgold]] 12:26, 12 September 2012 (CDT)

=== Mirror-based Multi-LCD Solutions ===

Expensive!

* [http://www.planar3d.com Planar3D] "I have used these displays with nVidia Quadro graphics cards under both Windows and Linux running both PyMOL and Maestro.  They work well, and the stereo quality is excellent!" - WLD.
* [http://www.inition.co.uk/inition/product.php?URL_=product_stereovis_omnia_mimo&SubCatID_=3 Omnia MIMO]