Re: Cardboard cutouts and backdrops...

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 
>From: P3D Jonathan Gross writes:
>...............
>Giantism, the phenomenon of interpreting the objects and features in
>hyper-stereo images as miniatures, is the result of integrating a
>variety of depth cues with binocular parallax.  

*****  It's also the same thing that happens for most persons taking their
first airplane ride and noticing how small the houses and vehicles look from
the air. 

>.......................... The
>human visual system is being confronted with information that conflicts
>with the subject's natural experience.  I think that this resolution of
>a visual conundrum is one of the most remarkable adaptations of
>stereoscopy. 

******  Agreed.

>
>I am able to switch back and forth, see it either way, and I think it is
>a subjective value judgment to associate success and enjoyment with one
>interpretation, and to associate "little or no success" (ie. failure)
>and "a strong (or even irresistible) inclination" (i.e. disability or
>lack of discipline?) with the other.

*****  I wouldn't call it disability or lack of discipline so much as lack
of exposure to the variations. It could be a disability in some, but is more
likely inexperience. Either way it's a fun experience to learn.

Larry Berlin

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