Looking for unusual image viewer

I'm looking for a program that will let me view my 2D images (jpgs and etc.) in 3D -- as if they were displayed on the walls of a museum gallery I was walking through. I have a vague recollection of downloading a program that allowed this many years ago, but I'm having trouble finding anything comparable now.

It seems like it ought to be easy to do. If anyone knows of a piece of software like this, or can think of a way to acheive a comparable effect, please let me know.

 

I'm assuming you did a Google search on "2d to 3d image viewer"? There were several but I have absolutely no idea if they work or if they have malware or if they even are free. You could try some but I will bet you will be disappointed with the results.

OR read this http://vip.bu.edu/projects/3-d/2d-to-3d/

before you get too carried away with the idea of viewing 2D stuff in 3D.

 

I appreciate the input, but that wasn't what I meant. I realize that making a 2D image into a 3D one isn't very practical (at least at the moment). But I'm after something simpler: just something that displays 2D images as if they were hung on walls. The pictures are still flat, but you're interacting with them in a 3D environment (like wall textures in a game) does that make sense?

 

I know what you want, it sounds a bit like the old "cover flow" option that Apple had in their iTunes software, and possibly some other software too. No idea if something like that exists for images on PCs.

 

Yes, that's pretty much the idea. You'd think something like this would be easy to find.

 

I've still found nothing. Nobody has any ideas?

 

Still a little confused about what you really want. Do you want a program that displays 2d photos in 3d or do you want to look at a picture on the wall that appears to be 3d because of the way the picture was constructed?

There are pictures on the walls of the haunted house at Disneyland that appear to be some kind of 3D as the eyes in the picture follow you as you walk by. Then there are those little cards that have a photo that appears to move as you move the card.

If it's a computer program you want then you have to look at the link I posted above. That link shows you how it's done.

How about a link to the kind of photo or picture you are talking about?

 

Did you see Pirx's comment? He got it.

I do not want pictures like those at Disneyland. There is nothing special about the pictures involved here. I just want a program that takes image files and displays them on flat surfaces in 3D.

(Think if I were to replace the textures in Doom with my pictures so that my pictures were viewable in-game on the walls. That's the kind of 3D I'm after: the pictures are still "flat", but they are now flat surfaces in a 3D environment, I can view them from nearer or farther away and from a variety of angles.)

 

Sysygy Image Viewer: a virtual 3D art gallery - freewaregenius.com

 

That's exactly what I was after! Thank you. I'm not sure I would ever have found it on my own.

(Other options would be appreciated, but I'm guessing that's the software I'd seen in the first place.)

 

Did that work for you? I saw no 3d pictures on that site and didn't download the program. Seems to be a very old program as it's good for Vista but couldn't find out if it's good for win 7.

 

It does work in W7.

I've downloaded it and it appears functional, but have yet to figure out how to properly utilise it and right now I'm way too tired for that...

 

Yes, it works pretty well. It's a bit odd though: the 3D galleries are fairly attractive and employ lighting effects, etc., but movement is just so-so, and it adds other virtual "visitors" which are represented with odd cartoony avatars (they look like they were swiped from a game).

This is still the best working thing I've seen. There are online virtual gallery sites (I messed around with ArtSteps for a while), but they are drab, and their 3D is very poor.