"View-Master", the handheld 3D slide show device is being developed by screenwriter Brad Caleb "Uprising" Kane for "Transformers" producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to adapt as a DreamWorks feature film.Created in 1939, the device has been used for viewing seven 3-D 'stereo images' on a paper disk, originally marketed as a way for viewers to enjoy 'stereograms' of tourist attractions.
In total, there have been 25 different models of viewers and 1.5 billion disks produced. Despite its long history and changes in models and materials, the same basic design of disks and internal mechanism has persisted throughout, ensuring that every disk ever made will work in every model ever produced.
As part of the National Toy Hall of Fame of the United States, View-Master disks have been produced for Disneyland, TV series, movies, cartoons and the US military for airplane/ship identification and range estimation.
The product is currently owned by Mattel's Fisher-Price, manufacturers of "The View-Master Discovery Channel Projector", allowing standard forward projection, auto-advance, LED light source, focus ring and portable handle...
