Is the effect you describe due to motion parallax?
No. There was no motion of the picture or observer. Moreover, even if there was, the motion would not be consistent with the depth seen in the picture. When you move a picture (or your head) when...
View ArticleCan’t most people see some form of 3-dimensionality and depth with one eye...
Yes. There are many sensory cues that are available to a single eye that the brain can use to understand the 3-dimensional layout of the scene in front of them. In fact, even when one looks at a...
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We found that this phenomenon of “seeing in 3D” (technically referred to as “stereopsis”) can be induced simply by looking at a single picture of an appropriate 3-dimensional scene with one eye through...
View ArticleSeeing in 3D with just one eye: Q & A
One of our papers, recently published in Psychological Science, got some media attention. We received many questions from the general public about the study and its implications. The following Q&A...
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Seeing in 3D with one just eye
One of our papers, recently published in Psychological Science, got some media attention. We received many questions from the general public about the study and its implications. The following Q&A...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to ‘see in 3D’?
New paper published in Psychological Review: Toward a new theory of stereopsis Everyone has heard the expression ‘seeing in 3D’. We typically associate the expression with the perceptual effect that...
View ArticleOculus Rift with one eye?
In preparing an invited lecture for a 3D Symposium in Edinburgh, one question that came to mind was what the visual experience might be when using the Oculus Rift system with just one eye: Almost...
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Fusion & Float
Is the presence of disparities in fused binocular images sufficient for stereopsis? An email conversation with Susan Barry Many of you who are interested in 3D perception have heard of Susan Barry, and...
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Beyond Inference, Beyond Veridicalism
This week (August 24th, 2015) saw, for the first time, a symposium at a major international vision conference bringing together researchers that argue against the conventional model of visual...
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