Viewmaster how does it work

The viewer is just a comfortable way to hold the phone up to your eyes. A magnetic button on the side lets you cycle through images or interact with your environment. You can click on an item and learn more about it. Mattel is also dusting off old stereoscopic images from its vast library, so you can see the Golden Gate bridge today -- and back when it was just constructed in the s. I tried out an early version of the product and traveled to San Francisco, the surface of the Moon, and I had a 3-D dinosaur sit on the palm of my hand and dunk its head into a raspberry.

Mattel is on a mission to keep its product line relevant to today's technological world, so expect brands like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Thomas to get digital treatment too someday.

Mattel executives wouldn't say what's next, but a fully explorable Barbie house and the experience of driving inside a blazing orange Hot Wheels race track are a natural fit, they said. Mattel isn't totally ditching the classic View-Master product design, though. The old version relied on thin, cardboard disks called "reels" that featured pairs of stereoscopic images on transparent film.

In this new model, disks still carry content. Which experience packs are affected? Why are these changes being made? When are these changes happening? November 1, 5. How will these changes affect customer support? What experience packs will no longer be available for download?

Will I still be able to call Mattel for technical support and troubleshooting? Imagine turning a page in a textbook and seeing dinosaurs come to life. Or a virtual tour of an art museum through a set of View-Masters. The goal is to create the View-Master brand for the next 75 years.

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