Meaning & use
stereoscope
A device that combines two slightly different images to create the illusion of a single three-dimensional image.
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Victorian families viewed photographs of distant places through a stereoscope.
The museum let visitors try an antique stereoscope from the 1860s.
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The stereoscope was an early precursor to modern 3D viewers and virtual reality headsets.
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