Re: freeview/assisted view

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:07 9/21/96, P3D Larry Berlin wrote:
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>In crossed viewing, the convergence is in front of the image so located in
>the smaller more compressed area of this visual cone, so the stereo image is
>correspondingly smaller. The more you have to cross your eyes, the smaller
>the resulting apparent image.  I think that qualifies the effect as optical
>in nature, though there are likely to be psychological effects to it as well.
>

No, actually, it doesn't, because the _images_ falling on the two retinas
are the same size in either case.  The perceived difference in size is a
consequence of the way your brain processes those images.

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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