Hello friends of 360° stereoscopic 3D animations,
it is easy to create 360° videos or stereoscopic 3D videos with the free software Mandelbulb 3D available at
fractalforums.com
But it is not possible to create combined 360° stereoscopic 3D fractals with the current version.
After thinking about the problem for a while I was able to create a proof of concept how to create at least 360° stereoscopic 3D fractal images with Mandelbulb 3D.
Check out this slideshow with various fractal images to see the result:
Embeded Flashplayer doesn't support 360° mode! View directly at YouTube for 360° mode and activate 3D anaglyph or view with cardboard or VR device.
The main trick:
Rotate the camera like creating a panorama image and then crop only the front scanline of the camera. Stitch all these scanlines to a new 360° image (one left eye, one right eye).
There is a detailed tutorial on the processing pipelaine available here:
360° stereoscopic 3D fractal Mandelbulb Tutorial
Hope there will be a 360° stereoscopic 3D mode available in future versions of this great software so we can create more virtual reality fractals.