RE: [ATM] Stereo view

["Donald Good" <donald.good@comcast.net>]

Another part of the reason might be that the "blind spot" is eliminated by
the brain's merging of the two images.  The blind spots of each eye are
normally on opposite sides of the field of view of the combined image, so
one eye fills in what the other eye misses.

What do you think, Bruce?
Don


> -----Original Message-----
> From: atm-bounces@atmlist.net 
> [mailto:atm-bounces@atmlist.net] On Behalf Of Dave Smith
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: ATMLIST
> Subject: RE: [ATM] Stereo view
> 
> Bruce Sayres has a beautiful treatise on this subject on his 
> webpage. Take a look:
> 
> http://www.foothill.net/~sayre/Why%20binoculars.htm
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- Richard Klappal <klappal@xnet.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> > I've seen a number of explanations for the stereo effect 
> but, as you 
> > say, it is strictly illusionary.
> > 
> > Richard
> 
> > Who knows the answer?
> > 
> > Arjan te Marvelde
> 

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