Graphical System with Enhanced Stereopsis

A computer-program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein, to facilitate providing of stereoscopic images, the computer-program mechanism including:

• instructions for receiving user-interaction information specifying user selection of a cut plane relative to an object that is presented on a display, wherein the display is associated with a viewing geometry,
• wherein left-eye frustum and right-eye frustum are defined to specify what eyes of a user see when viewing the object, and
• wherein the cut plane is at an arbitrary orientation in a given frustum and at an arbitrary location relative to a near plane to the user in the given frustum;
• instructions for generating the stereoscopic images that include the object based on data having a discrete spatial resolution, wherein the stereoscopic images include image parallax, and wherein the stereoscopic images correspond to one of:
• a direction proximate to a direction perpendicular to the cut plane, and the direction perpendicular to the cut plane;
• and
• instructions for providing the stereoscopic images to the display.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor, and
• memory, wherein the memory stores a program module, and wherein, during operation, the program module is executed by the processor to facilitate providing of stereoscopic images, the program module including:
• instructions for receiving user-interaction information specifying user selection of a cut plane relative to an object that is presented on a display, wherein the display is associated with a viewing geometry,
• wherein left-eye frustum and right-eye frustum are defined to specify what eyes of a user see when viewing the object, and
• wherein the cut plane is at an arbitrary orientation in a given frustum and at an arbitrary location relative to a near plane to the user in the given frustum;
• instructions for generating the stereoscopic images that include the object based on data having a discrete spatial resolution, wherein the stereoscopic images include image parallax, and wherein the stereoscopic images correspond to one of:
• a direction proximate to a direction perpendicular to the cut plane, and the direction perpendicular to the cut plane;
• and
• instructions for providing the stereoscopic images to the display.