3Discover Stereo Viewer

Canada, 1990s

Taking a 30-year jump from mid-century, we arrive at the battery-operated, cartridge-based, panoramic stereo filmstrip viewer 3Discover by 3D Vision in Canada. You can advance the film in either direction using the buttons on top of the viewer, and it makes a cool, and oddly satisfying, whirring sound as the picture changes. They released over 100 different cartridges, covering subjects from travel to the solar system to insects to Celine Dion. Most were available to the general public; others were made custom for corporate clients (some examples shown below). The quality of the color images is superb. As of this writing, cartridges can still be purchased here on the 3DVision.ca website.

Primary Material: Plastic
Media Format: 35mm film cartridge
Light Source: Available light
Focus: Fixed
Interocular: Adjustable