P3D Could digital produce more lifelike stereo ?

[Phil Palmer <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been pondering whether the use of computers and associated hardware
will ever make stereo viewing more lifelike.

The area I think where computer technology may eventually overhaul other viewing
systems would be the ability to have real-time depth of field adjustment 
controlled by eye movement. A device similar to current VR glasses could
detect and feedback what part of the scene the viewer was looking at and
de-focus the rest of the scene, effectively putting in real-time
depth-of-field adjustment similar to the way eye/brain processing works (as I
perceive it) and effectively doing away with any 'cardboarding' effects.

Presumably this technology isn't too far fetched, I can think of a number of 
application of this type of eye-movement detection currently in use such as the
high-end Canon EOS cameras for autofocus. 
Althought I think the computer processing would be a bit heavy!

What do you think ?

-- 
Phil Palmer
Oldham, Lancashire, UK
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