Parallax scanning methods for stereoscopic three-dimensional imaging

A method of stereoscopic synthetic computer generated imaging using two separate parallax scanning points of view, comprising:

• establishing a first point of view of a first parallax scanning optical device of a first stereoscopic camera, a second point of view of a second parallax scanning optical device of a second stereoscopic camera, and a field of view of a virtual subject volume based on an overlap of the first point of view and the second point of view and including a region of interest, wherein the field of view of the subject volume is determined based on a first focal length of the first stereoscopic camera and a second focal length of the second stereoscopic camera;
• reading one or more scene parameters from each of the first and second stereoscopic cameras associated with the field of view of the virtual subject volume;
• determining first stereoscopic parallax scan parameters for the first parallax scanning optical device and second stereoscopic parallax scan parameters for the second parallax scanning optical device based on a value derived from at least one of the one or more scene parameters from each of the first and second stereoscopic cameras;
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• rendering and storing a plurality of parallax images that are captured from a plurality of parallax positions with the first and second parallax scanning optical devices using the respective determined first and second parallax scan parameters.