[Philip Lelyveld comment: 3NET is producing a 3D Civil War program, and the Civil War Trust offers teachers training, including 3D content.]
[by Tony Hurst, www.wboc.com ]
A Salisbury programmer has created a new iPad application to display 3D versions of some of the most famous photos taken during the Civil War.
Programmer Mike Silvers teamed up with the former communications director of the Library of Congress to create the app, which was released during the 150th anniversary of the war’s beginning.
Matt Raymond, formerly with the library, chooses and sends the photographs to Silvers. Then Silvers has the complicated task of transforming the flat images into a 3D rendition of the original scenes, and writing the programming to create the app.
Raymond says he hopes the program, titled “History 3D: Civil War,” will be a learning tool for school kids.
Most of the photos in the app were shot by well-known photographers like Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner. The images are from the original negatives owned by the Library of Congress.
There are just over 20 pictures in the first edition, and Silvers says more are on the way. The app costs $1.99, and the 3D glasses needed to can be ordered online.
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