diff --git a/include/osg/State b/include/osg/State
index a4088e699..d5a7c25c2 100644
--- a/include/osg/State
+++ b/include/osg/State
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ class SG_EXPORT State : public Referenced
         }
         
 
+        inline void setInitialViewMatrix(const osg::RefMatrix* matrix)
+        {
+            if (matrix) _initialViewMatrix = matrix;
+            else _initialViewMatrix = _identity;
+        }
+
+        inline const osg::Matrix& getInitialViewMatrix() const { return *_initialViewMatrix; }
+
         inline void applyProjectionMatrix(const osg::RefMatrix* matrix)
         {
             if (_projection!=matrix)
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ class SG_EXPORT State : public Referenced
             }
         }
         
-        const osg::Matrix& getProjectionMatrix() const
+        inline const osg::Matrix& getProjectionMatrix() const
         {
             return *_projection;
         }
@@ -630,6 +638,7 @@ class SG_EXPORT State : public Referenced
         ref_ptr<FrameStamp>         _frameStamp;
         
         ref_ptr<const RefMatrix>    _identity;
+        ref_ptr<const RefMatrix>    _initialViewMatrix;
         ref_ptr<const RefMatrix>    _projection;
         ref_ptr<const RefMatrix>    _modelView;
         
diff --git a/runexamples.bat b/runexamples.bat
index f442aaaa0..c63e6bbc2 100644
--- a/runexamples.bat
+++ b/runexamples.bat
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ osgversion
 echo osglogo
 osglogo
 
+echo slideshow3D introduction.xml
+slideshow3D introduction.xml
+
+echo slideshow3D models.xml
+slideshow3D models.xml
+
 echo osgviewer cow.osg
 osgviewer cow.osg
 
diff --git a/src/osg/State.cpp b/src/osg/State.cpp
index 792a69f57..24b0a14c5 100644
--- a/src/osg/State.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/State.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ State::State()
 {
     _contextID = 0;
     _identity = new osg::RefMatrix(); // default RefMatrix constructs to identity.
+    _initialViewMatrix = _identity;
     _projection = _identity;
     _modelView = _identity;
 
diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index d95b77cf3..d3ed21ba6 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -260,14 +260,8 @@ void DatabasePager::run()
 
         }
         
-//         // hack hack hack... sleep for 1ms so we give other threads a chance..
-//         #ifdef WIN32
-//             Sleep(1);
-//         #else
-//             usleep(1000);
-//         #endif
-
-        yield();
+        // go to sleep till our the next time our thread gets scheduled.
+        Yield();
 
     }
     
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
index a443f1f23..166276b2d 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ void SceneView::draw()
     //osg::Timer_t tend = timer.tick();
     //std::cout<<"time to flush rendering objects"<<timer.delta_m(tstart,tend)<<std::endl;
 
+    if (_viewMatrix.valid()) _state->setInitialViewMatrix(_viewMatrix.get());
 
     RenderLeaf* previous = NULL;
     if (_displaySettings.valid() && _displaySettings->getStereo())