Install Compiz Anaglyph Plugin-real 3D screen/window in Ubuntu
This post was written by admin on September 6, 2010
Posted Under: Compiz
Posted Under: Compiz
This is a Compiz plugin to enable real 3d screen/window in Ubuntu,and you just need a wear of 2 color glasses to turn the ordinary monitor into a real 3D one.
Install Anaglyph plugin:
First,download the deb:
for i386 user: compiz-plugin-anaglyph_0.2.4-1_i386.deb
for amd64 user: compiz-plugin-anaglyph_0.2.4-1_amd64.deb
install this deb by this command in Applications->Accessories->Terminal:
sudo dpkg -i path/to/packagename_here
Now,go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Setting Manager.Search “anaglyph” (without the quotes),check the checkbox,then click to go into its configuration page and set the hotkeys.
Now,you can enable the 3D screen and window with the hotkeys and enjoy 3D movies in your computer!
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Reader Comments
Installed successfully. Nothing new on compizconfig-settings-manager, and a very strange “florian” user was created, with a folder on /home
¿Sure this .deb is safe!?
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Danilo Sanchez Reply:
September 15th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Open the deb file in File-Roller and open de “Data” file. Go to the folder .compiz and copy the 2 folders in your home in the .compiz folder. Works here. (I think Florian was the person that create the deb package from his home dir).
Sorry about my English.
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I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Unfortunately with the installation of this package the “CompizConfig Setting Manager” does not appear in the System->Preferences menu. I have tried the method described by Danilo as above however this appears to have changed nothing, any luck from other 10.04 users and/or known fixes?
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admin Reply:
September 20th, 2010 at 1:48 am
Sorry,Compiz Anaglyph plugin is a plugin for compiz.So,you need to first install compiz,then install this plugin.Read here
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To show “CompizConfig Settings Manager” in the System -> Preferences you’ll need to install the package: compizconfig-settings-manager
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This “florian” home folder is key to get the compiz anaglyph settings. Get there, and dig in folder “.compiz” (it’s hidden, try ctrl-h in nautilus), and copy anything it contains in your compiz folder, I mean “~/.compiz”. It works for me.
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aiikii Reply:
November 28th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Thanks.
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Please help! It’s working when I turn on with F12 but my opened windows and programs don’t have this effect like this picture -> http://th03.deviantart.net/fs44/PRE/i/2009/067/8/0/Anaglyph_by_11e097.png..only my wallpaper and my gnome-panel have it!
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NickNackGus Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 6:43 am
Sounds like you toggled the window button with the desktop selected. Try the toggle screen button.
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I installed this plugin and it seems to work, but I tried two different types of Glasses the RealD 3D glasses from the movies and I also tried the Anaglyphic 3D paper glasses and it does not work either, so can you please point me to the exact glasses one would need to use this plugin. I went to this website http://www.the3dmarket.com/Plastic/anaglyphic-aviation.asp but I don’t know which one to buy.
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NickNackGus Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 6:41 am
You would need to use the red/blue type 3d glasses. If I am correct the RealD 3D glasses are polarised, so each lens gets full color, but most monitors don’t support this. You could get a there is another expensive method of 3D that involves glasses that hide the monitor from the eye every other frame, which also requires a special monitor, so the red/blue method is the best option for everyone. You can go to a store and get a pair of glasses where one lens is red and the other is blue or you can print a pair of glasses on transparency paper.
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I tried this, but CompizConfig Setting Manager did not notice a change. I tried opening the .deb using Ubuntu Software Center, and it told me it was already installed. (You can install it from there instead of terminal if you prefer, BTW.) Do I need to restart or something?
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NickNackGus Reply:
December 28th, 2010 at 10:15 am
I got it installed, and followed the above directions (copy files to ~/.comipiz), but every time I enable the plug-in, it is automatically un-checked, even if I disable the automatic sorting. Therefore, I cannot enable this! I have Red-Blue style 3D glasses ready, but I cannot get either of my computers to run this.
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hasan Reply:
February 26th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
i have the same problem too! Can somebody tell us what is going on here?
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Supermazter1 Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Me too, if anyone has any info please reply, the already submmited info up to now doesnt work
Hi, the installation was successful…it looks very nice. I have just a question…what is the difference between window and screen in the configuration page?.
Thanks.
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NickNackGus Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 6:32 am
A window is an application. (firefox, blender, OpenOffice.org) More accurately, it is a single instance of that application. The toggle button for windows should make an individual window 3d, unless the desktop is visible, in which case the desktop will be in 3d. A screen is everything on your monitor. A single window should take less processing power than a whole screen, but some of us would like to see compiz’s desktop cube effect in 3d.
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Can someone please tell us the solution of our problem?
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hasan Reply:
February 28th, 2011 at 2:36 am
Our problem is that after we install anaglyph, it shows up in compiz but when we enable it, it automatically disables again after a second or two. Plz help us
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Greg Ruo Reply:
April 22nd, 2011 at 11:06 pm
I have the very same problem. I see the anaglyph icon, but if I check it after one second or so it automatically uncheck.
I installed and the package “fusion-icon”, and started it from a terminal. Right clicking on the icon, and going on the setting manager, you can check in the terminal the error messages. In my case I have
compiz (core) – Error: Couldn’t activate plugin ‘anaglyph’
compiz (core) – Error: Plugin ‘core’ has ABI version ’20091102′, expected ABI version ’20090619′.
It seems a problem of compatibility, my compiz “core” seems too new for the one expected by the plugin. Do you have the same message?
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Greg Ruo Reply:
April 22nd, 2011 at 11:07 pm
by the way I have the same error and I am using Ubuntu 10.10.
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Same problem here.
compiz 0.8.6
CCSM 0.8.2
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Same problem here i m using ubuntu 10.10
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