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This is the left eye viewpoint created from slits on the right side of each "frame". The assembly is horrid — or Hockney, depending on whether my coffee has taken hold. I'm pretty sure the assembly is so seamful because the rig has lots of play in it. I mean, I'm not building big science, so I'm okay with that right now. I'm just using a single drive shaft and the coupling is a little gooey because the torque on the 2mm shaft causes the gear to literally flex even a little bit. Each step has some wobble when the motor comes to rest, and I wait for that to settle down, but still.. Moreover, the camera doesn't rotate in a perfect plane parallel to the center plane of the world. I wish it would, I guess. I'm okay with it for now. I'm using wood and plastic gears. Wood bounces like a planar spring, but I can work it with my Dremel (..such fun..smoke..the smell of burning timber..) just for the initial tests.