binocular disparity
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Binocular Disparity. points nearer than horopter have crossed disparity points farther than horopter have uncrossed disparity. The Horopter. Binocular Disparity. Why don’t we see double vision?. Binocular Disparity. Why don’t we see double vision? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Binocular Disparity
• points nearer than horopter have crossed disparity
• points farther than horopter have uncrossed disparity
The Horopter
Binocular Disparity
• Why don’t we see double vision?
Binocular Disparity
• Why don’t we see double vision?
• Images with a small enough disparity are fused into a single image
Binocular Disparity
• Why don’t we see double vision?
• Images with a small enough disparity are fused into a single image
• The region of space that contains images with close enough disparity to be fused is called Panum’s Area
Binocular Disparity
• Panum’s Area extends just in front of and just behind the horopter
Binocular Disparity
• Panum’s Area extends just in front of and just behind the horopter
• Images outside of Panum’s area are often blurry because accommodation is reflexively set according to vergence
Stereopsis
• Our brains interpret crossed and uncrossed disparity as depth
• That process is called stereoscopic depth perception or simply stereopsis
Stereopsis
• Stereopsis requires that the brain can encode the two retinal images independently
Stereopsis• Primary Visual cortex
normally keeps input from the eyes separate
• If normal input is restricted during development, the cortical representation of the “bad” eye is reduced
• Amblyopia can result
Amblyopia
• Amblyopia is a visual deficit in which one eye has poor vision because the brain never developed the ability to use signals from that retina
Amblyopia
• Amblyopia is a visual deficit in which one eye has poor vision because the brain never developed the ability to use signals from that retina
• Usually caused by – strabismus - when eyes don’t lock onto the same
point – anisometropia - when one eye has very bad
optics and the other is normal
Amblyopia
• People with Amblyopia can’t see stereograms
Stereograms
• seeing depth requires “only” two different images on the retina
Stereograms• seeing depth requires “only” two
different images on the retina
• this could be accomplished by an optical device that projects separate images into the two eyes
Presenting Binocular Images
• Various ways to add depth:– 1. Stereoscope
Stereograms
Left Eye Right EyeDivider
•Right eye sees face to the right; left eye sees face to the left therefore:uncrossed disparity
•Face appears behind the square
Stereograms
Left Eye Right EyeDivider
What would you see?
Stereograms
Left Eye Right EyeDivider
•Right eye sees face to the left; left eye sees face to the right therefore:crossed disparity
•Face appears in front of square
Presenting Binocular Images
• Various ways to add depth:– glasses with different lenses
Presenting Binocular Images
• Various ways to add depth:– glasses with different lenses
Presenting Binocular Images
• Various ways to add depth:– glasses with different lenses
Presenting Binocular Images
• Various ways to add depth:– LCD Shutter Glasses
Gregory
Science
• Science is like a set of procedures:
Identify a question
Make a Hypothesis
Make a Prediction
Test ItPrediction holds
Prediction Fails
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
• Question:
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
• Question: Why does the vertical line seem longer?
• Hypothesis:
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
• Question: Why does the vertical line seem longer?
• Hypothesis: Wundt -> vertical and horizontal eye movements scan the image differently
• Prediction:
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
• Question: Why does the vertical line seem longer?
• Hypothesis: Wundt -> vertical and horizontal eye movements scan the image differently
• Prediction: Stabilized image should eliminate the illusion
• Test:
Example: The horizontal-vertical illusion
• Question: Why does the vertical line seem longer?
• Hypothesis: Wundt -> vertical and horizontal eye movements scan the image differently
• Prediction: Stabilized image should eliminate the illusion
• Test: Illusion is still present in afterimage!