{"id":31,"date":"2012-09-24T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicgi.com\/blog\/?p=31"},"modified":"2021-11-18T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:54:43","slug":"3d-printing-vs-lenticular-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicgi.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/3d-printing-vs-lenticular-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"3d printing vs lenticular printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"3d printing, not lenticular printing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3D_printing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3d printing<\/a> and lenticular printing are two terms used mistakenly by laymen and even professionals for the visual effect of three-dimension presented on a flat surface.\u00a0 But technically they are not the same thing. 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